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Template:US aircraft carrier jack colors/sandbox

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US aircraft carrier jack colors
Color Task
Yellow
  • Aircraft handling officers
  • Catapult and arresting gear officers
  • Plane directors – responsible for all movement of all aircraft on the flight/hangar deck
Green
  • Catapult and arresting gear crews
  • Visual Landing Aid electricians
  • Air wing maintenance personnel
  • Air wing quality control personnel
  • Cargo-handling personnel
  • Ground support equipment (GSE) troubleshooters
  • Hook runners
  • Photographer's mates
  • Helicopter landing signal enlisted personnel (LSE)
White
  • Quality Assurance (QA)
  • Squadron plane inspectors
  • Landing signal officer (LSO)
  • Air transfer officers (ATO)
  • Liquid oxygen (LOX) crews
  • Safety observers
  • Medical personnel (white with Red Cross emblem)
Red
  • Ordnance handlers
  • Crash and salvage crews
  • Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD)
  • Firefighter and Damage Control Party
Blue
  • Plane handlers (Trainees)
  • Chocks and chains – entry-level flight-deck workers under the yellowshirts
  • Aircraft elevator operators
  • Tractor drivers
  • Messengers and phone talkers
Purple
  • Aviation fuel handlers
Brown
  • Air wing plane captains: squadron personnel who prepare aircraft for flight
  • Air wing line leading petty officers
White/black
  • Final checker (inspector).