Story by Pfc. Ethan Pumphret | Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-1 | 09.22.2017
CHOCOLATE MOUNTAIN AERIAL GUNNERY RANGE, Calif. – Marines from MAWTS-1 conducted and organized a digitally-aided close air support fire mission using Target Handoff System tablets at Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Calif, on Sept. 22, 2017. CAS is a vital asset to ground forces because it allows medical evacuation and removes hostile air targets and mechanized ground forces. Without......
Story by Pfc. Ethan Pumphret | Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-1 | 09.21.2017
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. – Hot-loading is when an aircraft lands and has ordnance loaded while the engine is still running. Marines from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 conducted a hot-load in F-35B Lightning II’s at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Az. on Sept. 21, 2017. This hot-load was conducted using AMRAMM AIM-120 missiles. VMFA-121 is a part of Marine Aircraft Group 12,......
Story by Cpl. Harley Robinson | Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-1 | 04.19.2017
Marines with Battery B, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines conducted integrated training with the U.S. Air Force in support of Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron (MAWTS) 1 during the semiannual Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) 2-17, at Auxiliary Airfield II, Yuma, Arizona, April 19....
Story by Cpl. Harley Robinson | Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-1 | 04.17.2017
Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron (MAWTS) 1 conducted forward arming and refueling point (FARP) operations as part of Assault Support Training (AST) 1 at the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California, in support of the semiannual Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) 2-17, April 17....
Story by Cpl. Harley Robinson | Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-1 | 04.04.2017
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron (MAWTS) 1, conducted hot loads with the F-35B Lightning II during the semiannual Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) 2-17 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, April 4....
Courtesy Story | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 09.23.2016
Aviation ordnance crew members with Marine Aviation and Weapons Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) conducted the first ever hot load of the F-35B at MCAS-Yuma, Ariz., on Sept. 21, 2016, with inert Guided Bomb Units-12, aerial laser-guided bombs. In doing so, the Marine Corps is the first service to validate hot loading any variant of the F-35....
Story by Lance Cpl. Neysa Huertas Quinones | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.02.2015
Marines and Sailors from across 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing learned the fundamentals of aviation excellence at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Jan. 26....
Story by Cpl. James Marchetti | Marine Corps Air Station Yuma | 10.10.2014
The Assault Support Tactics exercise, an event in the curriculum of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 1-15, was conducted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One at Kiwanis Park in Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 10, 2014....
