Maintainers and handlers; the men and women who keep them flying.

[Malo83]

100316-N-0347B-062 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 16, 2010) Sailors move an E-2C Hawkeye through the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway in the Pacific supporting Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation that provides U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multi-national environment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Joshua Boyer/Released)

Does anybody proof read these before they go out,Hawkeye, Jeez!!!

 

[Malo83]

100316-N-0347B-062 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 16, 2010) Sailors move an E-2C Hawkeye through the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway in the Pacific supporting Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation that provides U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multi-national environment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Joshua Boyer/Released)

HAWKEYE !!! :nonono_12

 

[Ken_gone_flying]

100316-N-0347B-062 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 16, 2010) Sailors move an E-2C Hawkeye through the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway in the Pacific supporting Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation that provides U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multi-national environment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Joshua Boyer/Released)

I can't get used to seeing the COD with the 8 bladed props...

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

Here's one on skids.

100322-N-1226D-161 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 22, 2010) Aviation Boatswain's Mate Airman Russell Hoyt and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fuel) 3rd Class Leonel Manzanilla tug on a refueling hose as they prepare to refuel an AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter during flight quarters aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5). Peleliu is underway conducting composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) for its upcoming 2010 deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Omar A. Dominquez/Released)

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

SHOOTER
A "Shooter" watches as an F/A-18 Hornet is launched from the waist of the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Dec. 14, 2007. Truman and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 are underway on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of maritime security operations.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kevin T. Murray Jr.

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

03/24/2010
CHOCK AND CHAINS
U.S. Navy sailors remove the chock and chains securing an SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 15, which is deployed aboard the USS Bunker Hill in the Pacific Ocean, March 21, 2010. The Bunker Hill is supporting Southern Seas, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation to provide U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multinational environment. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Barker

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

Biofuel flight
Staff Sgt. Rusty Jones prepares to fuel an A-10C Thunderbolt II March 25, 2010, with a 50/50 blend of Hydrotreated Renewable Jet and JP-8. The A-10 then flew what was the first flight of an aircraft powered solely by a biomass-derived jet fuel blend. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

 

[Ken_gone_flying]

100316-N-0347B-062 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 16, 2010) Sailors move an E-2C Hawkeye through the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway in the Pacific supporting Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation that provides U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multi-national environment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Joshua Boyer/Released)

Just can't get used to seeing the COD with the new props.

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

LANDING LIGHTS

An MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter lands aboard the amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney after conducting in-flight gun qualifications in the Mediterranean Sea, Jan. 31, 2009. The USS Mount Whitney is supporting Austere Challenge 2009, which is designed to exercise U.S. capability across the full range of military operations in the European theater.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Eddie Harrison

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

P-3 love...

100402-N-6855K-048 OKINAWA, Japan (April 2, 2010) Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Rodney Saucedo, assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 47, inspects the horizontal stabilizer of a P-3C Orion during the aircraft's integrated maintenance concept phase inspection. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Meagan E. Klein/Released)

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

Barricade drill

100406-N-8913A-013 ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 6, 2010) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 2nd Class Bennie L. Clark, assigned to the air department aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), directs Sailors during a barricade drill. George H.W. Bush is conducting training in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Leonard Adams/Released)

100406-N-8913A-017 ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 6, 2010) Shooters aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) clear the area after checking the barricade during an emergency landing drill on the flight deck. George H.W. Bush is conducting training in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Leonard Adams/Released)

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

Phase inspection

100406-N-7364R-024 NAPLES, Italy (April 6, 2010) Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Scott Lister, left, and Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Jason McConell, both assigned to the Dragonwhales of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, perform maintenance on the main rotor head of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter during a Phase "A" inspection. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Felicito Rustique/Released)

 

[Ken_gone_flying]

Does anybody proof read these before they go out,Hawkeye, Jeez!!!

You might be surprised how many Naval Aviators can barely differentiate between the E-2/C-2. I'm always talking to guys that are like, "they are basically the same plane, except the dish on top, right?" Yeah...not so much.

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

Some Prowler shooters.

100504-N-4236E-130 ARABIAN SEA (May 4, 2010) An EA-6B Prowler assigned to the Patriots of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 140 launches from the waist catapult of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower is deployed as a part of the on-going rotation of forward-deployed forces to support maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chad R. Erdmann/Released)

100504-N-4236E-042 ARABIAN SEA (May 4, 2010) A Sailor gives directions to raise the tailhook of an EA-6B Prowler assigned to the Patriots of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 140 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower is deployed as a part of the on-going rotation of forward-deployed forces to support maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chad R. Erdmann/Released)

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

100502-N-9589S-001 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 2, 2010) Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Gary D. Cooper, assigned to the Dragon Whales of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, performs maintenance on an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Richard J. Stevens/Released)