WTI 1-24: AST-4 FARP set up [Image 1 of 6]

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, AZ, UNITED STATES

10.24.2023

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alejandro Fernandez 

Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-1

A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft departs from a forward arming and refueling point during Assault Support Tactics 4 (AST-4), part of Weapons and Tactics Instructors (WTI) course 1-24, at Sandhill, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, 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. Alejandro Fernandez)    

• Date Taken: 10.24.2023
• Date Posted: 11.28.2023 10:19
• Photo ID: 8131782
• VIRIN: 231024-M-DR033-1047
• Resolution: 5184x3456
• Size: 575.83 KB
• Location: MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, AZ, US