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Cpl. William Higgins, fixed-wing airframes aircraft mechanic with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224, overlooks flight surfaces on an F/A-18 Hornet jet during a phase Bravo inspection here Oct. 5. A Bravo inspection requires multiple electrical and mechanical components to be taken apart, undone and then re-installed. Inspections must be done on an aircraft every time it accumulates 200 flying hours.
101005-M-3740P-049.jpg Photo By: Lance Cpl. Jennifer J. Pirnate

Oct 4, 2010
Cpl. William Higgins, fixed-wing airframes aircraft mechanic with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224, overlooks flight surfaces on an F/A-18 Hornet jet during a phase Bravo inspection here Oct. 5. A Bravo inspection requires multiple electrical and mechanical components to be taken apart, undone and then re-installed. Inspections must be done on an aircraft every time it accumulates 200 flying hours.


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