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.