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Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Shamblin wipes down the jet engine afterburner vanes on an F/A-18C Hornet in the hangar bay of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), on Feb. 22, 2005. The Truman Strike Group and Carrier Air Wing 3 are conducting close air support, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions over Iraq. Shamblin is a Navy aviation structural mechanic assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 37, of Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Shamblin wipes down the jet engine afterburner vanes on an F/A-18C Hornet.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Shamblin wipes down the jet engine afterburner vanes on an F/A-18C Hornet in the hangar bay of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), on Feb. 22, 2005. The Truman Strike Group and Carrier Air Wing 3 are conducting close air support, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions over Iraq. Shamblin is a Navy aviation structural mechanic assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 37, of Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.

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