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Y ' r I . observer, men whose jobs were identified by the color jersey they wore, performed their jobs professionally, rapidly, and safely. Airplanes moved at the direction of the yellow-shirts, and weapons were loaded by red-shirted ordnancemen. Green-shirts maintained the cata- PUllS and arresting gear, blue-shirts chock and chained the aircraft, and purple-shirted Hgrapesu Df0vided JP-5 fuel to the aircraft. Safety checks On aircraft were done by white-shirts. J -f-el . ff'i ig I In order to land on the pitching flight deck of an aircraft carrier. the pilot must bring his aircraft in at an exact predetermined speed. altitude and angle. One of four arresting cables on the flight deck brings the plane to a stop from 150 mph within a distance of 350 feet. A catapult launch from one of lNDEPENDENCE's four catapults sends a 22-ton aircraft 260 feet from zero to 180 mph in two seconds. The tempo of operations can be exhausting, with a launch as often as every 30 seconds, and a recovery as often as every 45 seconds. Day and night, underway in all weather conditions, the Sailors of INDEPENDENCE and Carrier Air Wing FIVE re- spond to the challenge ofthe worldls most dangerous job. i 5 in 4
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