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MCAS Cherry Point News

 

An EA-6B Prowler descends for an arrested landing during a May 4 rehearsal for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force demonstration at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, before the 2012 MCAS Cherry Point “Celebrate the Heritage” Air Show. The E28 Emergency Arresting Gear system is a cable system used to bring fast moving jets to a stop in the event of an emergency landing or need for a short landing space. For Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Station Recovery Marines their job and focus is to maintain and operate these systems on the flight line to save the lives of pilots and keep the aircraft safe. If a pilot, whose aircraft has a tail hook, i.e. EA-6B Prowler, needs to make an arrested landing for any emergency, station recovery comes out to the designated flight line gear where they prepare to catch the aircraft. Sgt. Christopher D. Bentley, the maintenance chief for station recovery said the design of these arrest points are to produce the same stopping abilities as the landing cable on an aircraft carrier and the operational procedures of these gears, takes a lot of dedication and time from the Station Recovery Marines. They have to keep these gears well maintained, the gears use an engine to operate, and just like a car, they have a lot of moving parts that need continuous maintenance. - An EA-6B Prowler descends for an arrested landing during a May 4 rehearsal for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force demonstration at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, before the 2012 MCAS Cherry Point “Celebrate the Heritage” Air Show. The E28 Emergency Arresting Gear system is a cable system used to bring fast moving jets to a stop in the event of an emergency landing or need for a short landing space. For Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Station Recovery Marines their job and focus is to maintain and operate these systems on the flight line to save the lives of pilots and keep the aircraft safe. If a pilot, whose aircraft has a tail hook, i.e. EA-6B Prowler, needs to make an arrested landing for any emergency, station recovery comes out to the designated flight line gear where they prepare to catch the aircraft. Sgt. Christopher D. Bentley, the maintenance chief for station recovery said the design of these arrest points are to produce the same stopping abilities as the landing cable on an aircraft carrier and the operational procedures of these gears, takes a lot of dedication and time from the Station Recovery Marines. They have to keep these gears well maintained, the gears use an engine to operate, and just like a car, they have a lot of moving parts that need continuous maintenance.

Paul Ringheiser Jr., left, and Paul Ringheiser III, stand on front of a B-25J Mitchell bomber owned by Disabled American Veterans flight team, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., May 4, 2012. Paul III's grandfather Paul Ringheiser Sr. was a flight engineer on the Marine Corps equivalent of the aircraft during World War II era. "I was in the seat where he would have sat, right below the cockpit gunner," Paul Jr. said. "That’s where the flight engineer would have sat so it was really interesting and really emotional to think 'this is what he would have gone through,'" said Paul Sr. - Paul Ringheiser Jr., left, and Paul Ringheiser III, stand on front of a B-25J Mitchell bomber owned by Disabled American Veterans flight team, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., May 4, 2012. Paul III's grandfather Paul Ringheiser Sr. was a flight engineer on the Marine Corps equivalent of the aircraft during World War II era. "I was in the seat where he would have sat, right below the cockpit gunner," Paul Jr. said. "That’s where the flight engineer would have sat so it was really interesting and really emotional to think 'this is what he would have gone through,'" said Paul Sr.

Lance Cpl. Robert J. Hamilton III, right, a patient with the Wounded Warrior Battalion at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., and his wife, Elizabeth, stand with Drew Brees, quarterback of the New Orleans Saints, April 20, 2012, during the Nicholas Sparks Celebrity Family Weekend in New Bern, N.C. The weekend’s events in downtown New Bern included a celebrity golf tournament, a 5K run, boat tours, a family fun night, silent auction and a screening of Sparks’ new film “The Lucky One.” Proceeds from the weeked events benefit several charities, including Hope For the Warriors, a national non-profit organization dedicated to supporting wounded military members, their families and families of the fallen. - Lance Cpl. Robert J. Hamilton III, right, a patient with the Wounded Warrior Battalion at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., and his wife, Elizabeth, stand with Drew Brees, quarterback of the New Orleans Saints, April 20, 2012, during the Nicholas Sparks Celebrity Family Weekend in New Bern, N.C. The weekend’s events in downtown New Bern included a celebrity golf tournament, a 5K run, boat tours, a family fun night, silent auction and a screening of Sparks’ new film “The Lucky One.” Proceeds from the weeked events benefit several charities, including Hope For the Warriors, a national non-profit organization dedicated to supporting wounded military members, their families and families of the fallen.

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point