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    Last to let you down: ejection seat shop [Image 3 of 5]

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    A U.S. Marine in MARPAT woodland digital camouflage uniform is working on what appears to be an aircraft ejection seat mounted on a maintenance stand inside an indoor facility. The technician is manipulating components at the top of the ejection seat assembly, likely performing inspection or maintenance tasks. The setting appears to be a military maintenance shop or training facility.

    MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

    02.10.2012

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Rebecca Eller 

    Marine Corps Air Station Miramar

    Gunnery Sgt. David Freed, an aviation life support system division chief with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (All-Weather) 225 and a Boyers, Pa., native, tightens every screw on an F/A-18 pilots’ parachute in an ejection seat aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Feb. 10. The purpose of the ejection seat is pilot survival and seats are inspected daily to ensure they are fully functional.

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    Date Taken: 02.10.2012
    Date Posted: 02.16.2012 10:39
    Photo ID: 526055
    VIRIN: 120210-M-AH293-008
    Resolution: 3000x4498
    Size: 7.19 MB
    Location: MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, CALIFORNIA, US

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