Harrier Detachment Supports MEU in Adriatic Standby
Six Harriers from Marine Attack Squadron 231 await orders for the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit while a second detachment remains on CONUS standby. VMA-231 quickly assembled a six-plane 75 Marine detachment, with personnel from WVWMA-223 and VMAT-203, to support MEU commitments aboard the USS Wasp.
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Cherry Point
Marine Attack Squadron 231
24Th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Adriatic Sea
Boznia-Herzegovina
Conus
Chris “Horn” Mattie
Iwakuni
Marine Corps
Mattie
Marine Aircraft Group 14
Bogue Field
MEU
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264
New River Mcas
Wasp
26Th
Mediterranean
Rick Jakobowski
U.S. Marine Corps Marines
231
26Th Marine Expeditionary Unit
24Th
Bosnia
Air Force
Scott O’grady
NADEP photographer earns Gold Corners at NC show
Larry Conley from Trent Woods, a 22 year NADEP veteran, had three photos accepted for display at the Professional Photographers of North Carolina Inc. convention in Durham on April 15. His prints, all featuring NADEP at work, marked his first full print case acceptance. subjects included Saddam's Nemesis, F-46 Wild Weasel, Welcome Aboard Mr President, and AV-8B handover.
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Cherry Point
Naval Aviation Depot
Larry Conley
Trent Woods
Professional Photographers of North Carolina Inc
Nadep
Durham
North Carolina
Conley
The
David Hooks
Hendersonville
Depot
Saddam
Marines Strip and Reassemble Seats on Million-dollar Plane
At Cherry Point the VMAQ-2 seat shop removed four seats from a $52 million Prowler during a 224-day special scheduled safety inspection. They stripped to the carriage, tested springs and linkages, inspected corrosion, and checked ejection explosives life, with seats set to eject at 0.4 seconds.
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Cpl
W. John Baker
U.S. Marine Corps
Cherry Point
Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 Seat Shop Marines
Craig Drake
NCOIC
Drake
Lance Cpl
Steven Long
VMAQ-2
Seat
Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 14 Paraloft
Iwakuni
Workload surge at NADEP from new Navy funding
The Naval Aviation Depot will see a very heavy workload in late fiscal 1995 and early 1996 because of added funding for aircraft repairs. Lt. Col. Eugene K. Conti says 31 additional aircraft, including 22 for H-46, seven H-53 helicopters, and two AV-8B Harriers, will be inducted between July and September, boosting output and demonstrating depot capabilities amid privatization talk.
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Naval Aviation Depot
Navy
Eugene K. Conti
NADEP
Conti
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