# @airmanmagazine on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CxLGtjyt3Fq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34126184-airmanmagazine-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-09-14T13:14:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Airman Magazine (@airmanmagazine) — https://gondola.cc/airmanmagazine

## Caption

Engine replacement...

The 943rd MXS rescue crew chiefs replaced the engine to change the seal on its input module at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. Here's a few more details about each photo:

✈ Staff Sgt. Manuel Castaneda and Tech Sgt. Anthony Staley, 943rd Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs, replace an HH-60G Pave Hawk engine. 

✈ Airmen from the 943d Maintenance Squadron change the seal on the input module of an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter.

✈ Airmen from the 943d Maintenance Squadron use a hydraulic jack to lift an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during a weight and a balance check

✈ Senior Airman Harley Straps, 943d Maintenance Squadron crew chief, uses a hydraulic jack to lift an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during a weight and balance check.

💡 This weight and balance check is essential to maintaining flight safety, ensuring compliance with load limitations, determining the Pave Hawk’s center of gravity and optimizing aircraft performance

✈ Staff Sgt. Ben Witten, 943d Maintenance Squadron Avionics craftsman, cleans and inspects a hoist control box of an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter.

💡 This inspection and cleaning were part of a phase inspection, which is conducted every 600 hours to ensure the helicopters remain operationally ready.

The 943d MXS is responsible for full-spectrum maintenance of their assigned HH-60G Pave Hawks for combat search and rescue operations worldwide.

📸 Senior Airman Quion Lowe

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