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2D MAW Photos

Jan 2, 2005

As the crew chief lifts his hands to indicate he is not touching anything, Lance Cpl. Chester Pickering, an ordnanceman with Marine Light/Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 and native of Loveland, Ohio, ensures that the .50 caliber machine gun aboard the UH-1N Huey. is clear. This process is called hot loading because there is still electricity flowing through the helicopter and its rotors are still turning.

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2nd Marine Aircraft Wing