U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, load a Marine Corps Expeditionary Arresting Gear System inside a KC-130J Hercules during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 2, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and…
U.S. Marine CH-53E Super Stallion and a CH-53K King Stallion helicopters assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, perform external lifts during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24 at Yuma Auxiliary Army Airfield 2, Arizona, Oct. 3, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots…
U.S. Marine MV-22B Osprey and KC-130J Hercules aircrafts, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, participate in Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24, at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, Oct. 11, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and enlisted aircrew providing standardized advanced tactical…
U.S. Marines assigned to Tactical Air Control Party, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, participate in a close air support exercise during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24 at WISS Airfield, near Indio, California, Oct. 6, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and enlisted…
F-35B Lightning II aircraft attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 conduct flight operations on the flight deck aboard amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), April 2. VMFA-211 is embarked aboard Tripoli as part of the U.S. Marine Corps' Lightning carrier concept demonstration. The Lightning carrier concept demonstration…
US Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 flying F-35B Lightning II's conduct routine operations aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth while she conducts a double replenishment with RFA Tidespring and HNLMS Evertsen in the South China Sea on 29 July, 2021. VMFA-211 is attached to the United Kingdom's Carrier Strike Group…
These photos highlight both the legacy heavy life helicopter -- the CH-53E -- and the new King Stallion, the CH-53K -- supporting training during WTI-1-24. 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…
U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One seen operating with the MV-22B Osprey, during Weapons and Tactics Instructors (WTI) course 1-24, on Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma Arizona on Oct. 11, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and enlisted aircrew providing standardized…
