Paying the Checklist Dues, by AT2 Arturo Batzer, Not using a checklist will catch up with you sooner or later.

Dropped Drop Tank, by AT2 Andrew Charleroy, Another lesson learned the hard way.

I Thought You Had It, by Anonymous, An old removed valve gets left in an aircraft and another lesson gets learned the hard way.

Who Wants to Take a Skydrol Shower?, by AME1(AW) J. S. Blanks, A lack of ground-crew coordination and PPE ends with two maintainers wet and irritated.

Don't Let Bad Communication Bite You, by AME2 Jeffrey Bryant, A maintainer's hand is crushed when a shipmate closes a canopy on him.

Don't Pull Chocks Without Groundlocks, by Lt. Zyad Hayo, Coordination between aircrew and ground crew breaks down.

We Were Task Saturated, by ATC(AW) Michael Hogan, Reduced manning, higher tasking, and inexperienced crews can cause problems.

A Little Communication or a Lack of It, by AM3 Robert Luffman, An E-2C's wings fold unexpectedly, surprising an airframer.

Enter the Head Compactor Zone, by ADC(AW) Garth Blanks, Doing the pre-start checklist on an SH-60B before FOD walkdown is complete doesn't make sense.

Four Bolts Go Flying, by LCdr. Scott McKenzie, Three maintainers rush to finish an AFC, and they failed to remove the old hardware and new FOD.

Huffer Wins Strength Contest, by Anonymous, After a wild ride on a huffer, the lineman in this story was fortunate his injuries weren't worse.