Off the Bulletin Boards around
VAW 115
-- photos
from & by VAW
115's LT MIKE
KIBLER--
 The
boys in admin, YNC (SW/AW) Billy Brown from
Lubbock, TX, PNSN Demond A. Walker from Richmond,
VA, PN2 Oscar Ramos from Quezon City, RP, and PN1
Homer Navotas from Cebu, RP keep the paper moving
in the Administration Department.
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 AT2
(AW) Danie Bryant of Newton Falls, OH inspects a
portion of the wing leading edge during routine
maintenance aboard USS Independence.
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 AME3
James Crocker of Forest Grove, OR repairs a
deicing boot of an E-2C Hawkeye prior to a
launch.
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 "Working
in the tube," AT3 Andrew Karsten of
Milwaukee, WI troubleshoots the IFF radar system
of a Liberty Bell Hawkeye.
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 AZ1
William Harris of White Plains, NY, AZ3 Aaron L.
Gant of Louisville, KY, and AK3(AW) Stacey T.
Bailey of Torrington, CT keep track of aircraft
maintenance reports in the VAW-115 Maintenance
Admin work center.
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 AT3
Michael McClain of Las Vegas, NV removes the
floorboards in the Forward Equipment Compartment
of a Liberty Bell E-2C Hawkeye.
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 ADC(AW)
Rolando Busalpa of Suisun City, CA, AN Nelson
Fernandez of Hillside, NJ, AMSAN Patrick Norbert
of Nome, Alaska, AMS2(AW) Chieh Yang of San
Diego, CA, and AMSAN Edward Butler of Buhl, MN
keep constant vigil over VAW-115's aircraft to
keep them free of corrosion.
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 AK3
Stacey Bailey from Torrington, CT, AT3 Ryan
Selzer from Grand Blanc, MI, AA Michael Tucker
from Knoxville, TN, and Joseph Renteria from St.
Visalia, CA, stand near a VAW-115 E-2C Hawkeye
prior to launching an Operation Southern Watch
mission.
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 Having
completed his preflight inspection, AMH2 Thomas
Beck from Santa Barbara, CA watches over a
Liberty Bell Hawkeye.
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 As
AA Ewin McKay of Memphis, TN, stands by, LCDR
Chris "CJ" Junge from Huntingburg, IN
inspects an E-2C propeller assembly. A single E-2
prop weighs over 800 lbs. and is nearly 13 1/2
feet in diameter.
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AEAN Allan Weidmann inspects
the nose landing gear of a VAW-115 E-2C prior to
a steam catapult shot from USS Independence.
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Members of the VAW-115 Avionics
Division pose for a group photo aboard USS
Independence. The Avionics Division is gearing up
for VAW-115's transition to the new E-2C Group II
Nav Upgrade aircraft which the squadron will
receive this July.
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CDR Matthew Klunder, VAW-115's
Executive Officer and a native of Alexandria, VA,
and AEC Bob Donohue of San Diego display the
"Liberty Spirit" following a FOD
walkdown on the flightdeck of USS Independence.
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