US Marine Corps in DTC first
Normally associated with networking air assets, Northrop Grumman’s Distributed Training Center (DTC) located at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia has been used for the first time by the US Marine Corps to train for Close Air Support (CAS) missions.
During two exercises, eight F-15E Strike Eagle aircrew based at Mountain Home AFB in Idaho trained with four marines from Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington State via the DTC network.
The marines, trained as Joint Tactical Air Controller (JTAC)/Joint Forward Observers, are part of the 6th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) tasked with calling-in air strikes and artillery fire in support
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