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Article: One crew chief is better than two.
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- June 22, 2003
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The mission this day was typical for a VR squadron. We had to fly four legs up and down the East Coast, carrying the air wing from Norfolk to Jacksonville after a six-month deployment.
During my preflight on our C-9B, I found an inoperative down-lock light on the main-landing gear. This discrepancy makes the aircraft partial-mission capable and restricted us to daylight hours. Workcenter 200 tried to get a light assembly from Raytheon, but they didn't have one. After thumbing through the minimumequipment list, talking with maintenance control, and consulting my aircraft commander, we decided to go without the light. We felt this decision didn't pose a problem ...
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