Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-21, Yuma / 'Yodaville', Arizona, October 21, 2020: United States Marines Corps Staff Sgt. James Fredrickson, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and Cpl. Caleb Kirkpatrick, an aerial observer with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365, Marine Aircraft Group 26, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, participate in a night-time tail gunnery range certification, aboard an MV-22B Osprey.
The Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aircraft Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.
Yodaville, previously known as Urban Target Complex (R-2301-West), and which of course has zero inhabitants, was built to provide a realistic target environment so pilots and crew can hone their close air support capabilities.
Credit: Cpl. Juan Dominguez, USMC
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Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-21, Yuma / 'Yodaville', Arizona, October 21, 2020: United States Marines Corps Staff Sgt. James Fredrickson, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and Cpl. Caleb Kirkpatrick, an aerial observer with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365, Marine Aircraft Group 26, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, participate in a night-time tail gunnery range certification, aboard an MV-22B Osprey.
The Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aircraft Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.
Yodaville, previously known as Urban Target Complex (R-2301-West), and which of course has zero inhabitants, was built to provide a realistic target environment so pilots and crew can hone their close air support capabilities.
Credit: Cpl. Juan Dominguez, USMC
And thank you all, once again, for visiting the Ultimate Military Channel. With an emphasis on the United States Armed Forces, we aim to visually educate, entertain, and inspire by providing our viewers with the most up-to-date, highest quality, demonstration, and training content from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force.
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