Col. Robert Cooper, right, presents Capt. John J. Kress with a flight suit patch during the Marine Division Tactics Course 1-16 graduation aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Feb. 5, 2016. The course provided F/A- 18 Hornet aircrew and Marine air intercept controllers with groundside and airborne instruction in doctrine, tactics and weapons considerations for the successful use of Marine fighter attack aircraft in combat. Multiple squadrons from MCAS Beaufort and around the Marine Corps participated in the training. During the ceremony, pilots received a certificate of completion and a fl
Col. Robert Cooper, right, presents Capt. John J. Kress with a flight suit patch during the Marine Division Tactics Course 1-16 graduation aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Feb. 5, 2016. The course provided F/A- 18 Hornet aircrew and Marine air intercept controllers with groundside and airborne instruction in doctrine, tactics and weapons considerations for the successful use of Marine fighter attack aircraft in combat. Multiple squadrons from MCAS Beaufort and around the Marine Corps participated in the training. During the ceremony, pilots received a certificate of completion and a flight suit patch identifying them as MDTC graduates. Cooper is the commanding officer with Marine Aircraft Group 31 and Kress is a pilot with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224, Marine Aircraft Group 31.
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