AST-4: UH-1Y helicopter [Image 3 of 6]

URBAN TRAINING COMPLEX YODAVILLE, YUMA, AZ, UNITED STATES

10.24.2023

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ruben Padilla 

Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-1

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jason E. Persing, a UH-1Y Venom helicopter crew chief, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, operates a GAU-21 .50 caliber machine gun during assault support tactics (AST) 4, part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24, over Urban Training Complex Yodaville, near Yuma, 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 Cpl. Ruben Padilla) 

• Date Taken: 10.24.2023
• Date Posted: 11.28.2023 10:22
• Photo ID: 8131731
• VIRIN: 231024-M-BT784-1142
• Resolution: 2358x1573
• Size: 297.85 KB
• Location: URBAN TRAINING COMPLEX YODAVILLE, YUMA, AZ, US