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AM2(AW) Jason Brooks VAQ-139.(Bravo Zulu: Sailors and Marines reducing mishaps)
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Mech
| Date:
September 22, 2005
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While performing routine post-flight maintenance, Petty Officer Brooks discovered damage to the turbine blades of the port engine of a squadron aircraft. The damage was severe, and an additional flight may have r...
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