Photo Essay: Aircraft maintenance aboard amphibious shipping keeps U.S. Marines mission ready [Image 14 of 14]

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY

09.22.2011

Photo by Lance Cpl. Tucker Wolf 

24th Marine Expeditionary Unit

Lance Cpl. Matthew Dixon, a native of Mt. Olive, Miss., and flight line mechanic with the airframes section for Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts engine maintenance on an MV-22B Osprey in the hangar of USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), Sept 22, 2012. The aviation maintenance crews work around the clock to ensure the 24th MEU's aircraft are always ready to fly in support of the various missions they could be called for. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force for U.S. Central Command in the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

• Date Taken: 09.22.2011
• Date Posted: 10.04.2012 04:39
• Photo ID: 675994
• VIRIN: 120922-M-TK324-056
• Resolution: 5616x3744
• Size: 1.19 MB
• Location: U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY