NAVSUP enhances HSM-79 warfighters’ readiness in Spain with hot pit refueling
Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fuels) Petty Officer 2nd Class (ABF2) Dashaun Lewis (left) and ABF3 Christopher McConnell (second from left), retract a refueling pantograph to demonstrate how to position the equipment for proper refueling operations February 5, 2021 at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain. Lewis and McConnell are assigned to Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella (FLCSI). They and other members of FLCSI's fuels team at NAVSTA participated in a hot refueling training simulation to prepare to begin this new method of refueling in support of helicopters of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 79. (U.S. Navy photo by John Owen)