AST-4: UH-1Y helicopter

Video by Lance Cpl. Ruben Padilla

Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-1

Oct. 24, 2023 | 7:04

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, execute air assault operations from a UH-1Y Venom helicopter during Assault Support Tactics 4, in support 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 video by Cpl. Ruben Padilla) 