Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Zachary Thomason, from Rome, New York, assigned to the "Tridents" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 9, inspects the bolts of the tail drive shaft on an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter during daily pre-flight checks in USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) hangar bay, March 12, 2021. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting an independent steaming event.

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Keywords: ., distress, engineering, ford, gerald, maintenance, preventative, uss