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Marine Corps 1st Lt. Jonathon, right, and aircrew members conduct a pre-flight inspection on a UH-1Y Huey helicopter before a maintenance and readiness flight on Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, June 13, 2013. Jonathon, a pilot, is assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367. The training was designed to challenge aircraft maintenance crews to maintain high levels of readiness on aircraft such as AH-1W Super Cobras, UH-1Y Hueys and CH-53E Super Stallions helicopters.

Marine Corps 1st Lt. Jonathon, right, and aircrew members conduct a pre-flight inspection on a UH-1Y Huey helicopter before a maintenance and readiness flight on Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, June 13, 2013. Jonathon, a pilot, is assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367. The training was designed to challenge aircraft maintenance crews to maintain high levels of readiness on aircraft such as AH-1W Super Cobras, UH-1Y Hueys and CH-53E Super Stallions helicopters.

Marine Corps 1st Lt. Jonathon, right, and aircrew members conduct a pre-flight inspection on a UH-1Y Huey helicopter before a maintenance and readiness flight on Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, June 13, 2013. Jonathon, a pilot, is assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367. The training was designed to challenge aircraft maintenance crews to maintain high levels of readiness on aircraft such as AH-1W Super Cobras, UH-1Y Hueys and CH-53E Super Stallions helicopters.

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