Official MAWTS-1 Intercept Control Instructor Patch — Directing the Fight from MCAS Yuma
MAWTS-1 Intercept Control Instructors train the controllers who direct fighter aircraft to their targets.
Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) at MCAS Yuma, Arizona, produces this Intercept Control Instructor (ICI) patch for the controllers who direct fighter intercepts during the Weapons and Tactics Instructor course. Intercept controllers are the ground-based or airborne personnel who provide radar-guided direction to fighter aircraft, vectoring them to intercept hostile aircraft or unknown contacts. The ICI qualification at MAWTS-1 represents the highest level of tactical proficiency for intercept controllers in Marine aviation, producing the experts who train all other controllers.
Perfect For: MAWTS-1 Intercept Control Instructors, Marine air control community WTIs, fighter intercept directors, and Marine aviation tactical qualification patch collectors.
Intercept Control Instructor — directing the fight from MAWTS-1.