WTI 1-24: AST-4 FARP set up [Image 5 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 prepares to takeoff 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 Air Ground Task Force Training 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 10:14
• Photo ID: 8131786
• VIRIN: 231024-M-DR033-1045
• Resolution: 4363x2909
• Size: 1.35 MB
• Location: MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, AZ, US