Flight Line Maintenance at MAWTS-1: WTI-1-24

Posted on | by Robbin Laird
10/21/2023

Currently, MAWTS-1 is conducting its latest WTI course.

These photos show flight line maintenance during the course.

The current course includes the new King Stallion it is training regime.

The King Stallion is the third major new air systesm introduced into the USMC since 2007, the first being the Osprey and the second the F-35B.

Featured Photo: A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53K King Stallion helicopter, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, executes an external lift of a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24 at Auxiliary Airfield II, near Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 3, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and enlisted aircrew providing standardized advanced tactical training and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Elizabeth Gallagher)

A U.S. Marine Corps F-5N Tiger II aircraft assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, is staged during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 29, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and enlisted aircrew providing standardized advanced tactical training and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Emily Hazelbaker)
U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, conduct maintenance on a CH-53K King Stallion helicopter during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 29, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and enlisted aircrew providing standardized advanced tactical training and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Emily Hazelbaker)
U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, conduct maintenance on a CH-53K King Stallion helicopter during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 29, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and enlisted aircrew providing standardized advanced tactical training and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Emily Hazelbaker)
U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, conduct maintenance on a CH-53K King Stallion helicopter during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 29, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and enlisted aircrew providing standardized advanced tactical training and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Emily Hazelbaker)
U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, conduct maintenance on a CH-53K King Stallion helicopter during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 29, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and enlisted aircrew providing standardized advanced tactical training and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Emily Hazelbaker)
U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, conduct maintenance on a CH-53K King Stallion helicopter during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 29, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and enlisted aircrew providing standardized advanced tactical training and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Emily Hazelbaker)
U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, conduct maintenance on a CH-53K King Stallion helicopter during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 29, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and enlisted aircrew providing standardized advanced tactical training and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Emily Hazelbaker)