Tactical Flying at McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad delivers law-enforcement airborne-tactics training from its fixed-base facility at 2206 Palomar Airport Road, minutes from LEGOLAND California and the Carlsbad Flower Fields. Courses cover FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot certification, UAS tactical apprehension, advanced thermal-imagery interpretation, and helicopter Tactical Flight Officer standardization—mission profiles that intersect with the emergency-response operations run from Carlsbad Fire Station 4. The on-field training center at KCRQ allows seamless transitions between classroom instruction and live-flight integration, with direct American Airlines service bringing agency personnel to the terminal steps from the facility. Two-day and three-day course formats include live role-player scenarios where drone operators locate suspects using thermal cameras and coordinate real-time apprehension with ground arrest teams, a scenario-driven approach that distinguishes the curriculum from the fixed-wing and rotorcraft training at Pacific Coast Flyers Carlsbad on the same airfield. The UAS Tactical Apprehension course trains operators in suspect-evasion pattern recognition, K-9 unit aerial integration, and FLIR-based perimeter containment for multi-agency search operations across urban and wildland terrain.