AST-4 mortar maneuver [Image 5 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. Joseph A. Ricco, an air crew Marine with Marine Heavy Helicopter Training Squadron 302, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd Marine Air Wing, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, transports fueling equipment aboard a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during assault support tactics (AST) 4, part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24, at 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 10:37
• Photo ID: 8094333
• VIRIN: 231024-M-DB868-1485
• Resolution: 5661x3774
• Size: 1.33 MB
• Location: MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, AZ, US