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Maintainers’ ground work keep Bats flying
171027-M-NE059-0026.JPG Photo By: Lance Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Herrera

Nov 1, 2017
MARINE CORPS SIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan - U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Brian Walker, the aviation technician chief with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, oversees his Marines as they finish maintaining an F/A-18D Hornet at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 27, 2017. An aviation technician’s, also known as a maintainer, job is to secure the well-being of their pilots by ensuring the functionality of the F/A-18D . (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Herrera)


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