AST-4 mortar maneuver [Image 2 of 16]

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, AZ, UNITED STATES

10.24.2023

Photo by Lance Cpl. Emily Hazelbaker 

Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-1

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Drew Shadron, a low altitude air defense (LAAD) gunner, with 2nd LAAD Battalion, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Air Wing assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, rides aboard a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during assault support tactics (AST) 4, during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24, over Yuma Auxiliary Army Airfield 2, Arizona, Oct. 24, 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. AST-4 provides prospective weapons and tactics instructors the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a night, long range battalion air assault to multiple objectives simultaneously in a medium threat environment while conducting five of the six functions of Marine Aviation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Emily Hazelbaker)

• Date Taken: 10.24.2023
• Date Posted: 10.31.2023 10:38
• Photo ID: 8094330
• VIRIN: 231024-M-DB868-1052
• Resolution: 5668x3779
• Size: 1.16 MB
• Location: MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, AZ, US