RAAF personnel at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, reach a flying milestone as the Australian F-35As complete their first 1000 sorties. The RAAF F-35A team are working together with the 56th Fighter Wing USAF and Lockheed Martin to develop Australia’s initial F-35A capability. Royal Australian Air Force pilots and maintenance…
Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 work on completing an expeditionary airfield maintenance exercise on Stoval Airfield during Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-18 (WTI) at Dateland, Ariz., on March 15, 2018. WTI is a seven-week training even hosted by MAWTS-1 cadre, which emphasizes operational integration of the six…
U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 prepare to refuel F-35 Lightning IIs during a Distributed Short Takeoff Vertical Landing Operation in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-18 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., March 30. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by…
Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-18’s flight phase began at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, April 2. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 cadre, which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine Corps aviation in support of a Marine…
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Video:The Aviation Element Within the MAGTF from the perspective of WTI training.
The Marines are working a distributed force capability built around their F-35s and MV-22s to operate from battlefield FARPs.
