210706-N-XZ686-1097 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 6, 2021) Aviation Machinist’s Mate Airman Luis Herrera-Chacon (right), from Santa Ana, El Salvador, Aviation Machinist’s Mate Airman Jesse Barajas (left), from Perris Calif., and Aviation Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Joshua Smith Choctaw Okla., remove the propeller variable pitch actuator from an E-2D Hawkeye assigned to the “Wallbangers” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 117 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is underway conducting routine operations in the 3rd Fleet area of operations.

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