Ground Crew in Aviation Maintenance

Photos feature military personnel conducting preflight checks and maintenance on aircraft, emphasizing the technical aspects of military aviation readiness.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. David Jara, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), rides in a UH-1Y Venom while on a flight during exercise Steel Knight 23 onMarine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 6, 2022. Exercise Steel Knight provides 3rd MAW an opportunity to refine Wing-level warfighting in support of I Marine Expeditionary Forceand fleet maneuver. Jara is a Flower Mound, Texas, native.
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. David Jara, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), rides in a UH-1Y Venom while on a flight during exercise Steel Knight 23 onMarine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 6, 2022. Exercise Steel Knight provides 3rd MAW an opportunity to refine Wing-level warfighting in support of I Marine Expeditionary Forceand fleet maneuver. Jara is a Flower Mound, Texas, native.