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U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Kyle Vanvleck, an aircraft ordnance technician with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, checks the placement of impulse and delay cartridges (CCU-45B) in 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. CCU-45B cartridges are used for releasing stores, or extra weight, on an aircraft and in ejection systems. When the cartridge is fired gas pressure moves a piston, which unlocks the connection to the store or ejection system, then releases the store or activates the ejection system. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Herrera)
| Date Taken: | 10.27.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 11.01.2017 03:24 |
| Photo ID: | 3919187 |
| VIRIN: | 171027-M-NE059-0012 |
| Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
| Size: | 1.47 MB |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, JP |
| Web Views: | 23 |
| Downloads: | 5 |
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Maintainers’ ground work keep Bats flying
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