Maintainers in the Trenches

A UH-N1 assigned to HMM-262 lands aboard USS Essex (LHD-2). Navy photo by MC3 Andrew Smith.

A plane director guides a C-2A assigned to VRC-40 during flight operations aboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77). Navy photo by MCSN Michael Smevog. An FA-18C assigned to VFA-195 launches from USS George Washington (CVN-73). Navy photo by MC3 David Cox.

AM3 Katie Heninger, left, and AM2 Christopher Helmkamp, both assigned to HSC-9, install landing gear on an MH-60S. Navy photo by MCSN Kevin Steinberg. AM2 Kyle Perry, assigned to VFA-154, installs a panel on an FA-18F in the hangar bay of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76). Navy photo by MC3 Oliver Cole.

AD3 Brian Minock of VFA-105 reviews torque wrench settings while working on an FA-18E. Navy photo by MC3 Marie Brindovas.