Expeditionary Arresting Gear System Lift During WTI-1-24

12/13/2023
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…

Heavy Lift Helo Support in WTI-1-24

12/04/2023
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…

Osprey and KC-130J Training in WTI-1-24

11/29/2023
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…

VMFA-211 Operates on USS Tripoli: 2022

11/22/2023
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…

Marines Operating Aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth, 2021

11/20/2023
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…