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| US aircraft carrier jack colors
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| Color |
Task
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| Yellow |
- Aircraft handling officers
- Catapult and arresting gear officers
- Plane directors – responsible for all movement of all aircraft on the flight/hangar deck
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| Red |
- Ordnance handlers
- Crash and salvage crews
- Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD)
- Firefighter and Damage Control Party
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| Blue |
- Plane handlers (Trainees)
- Chocks and chains – entry-level flight-deck workers under the yellowshirts
- Aircraft elevator operators
- Tractor drivers
- Messengers and phone talkers
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| Purple |
|
| Brown |
- Air wing plane captains: squadron personnel who prepare aircraft for flight
- Air wing line leading petty officers
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| White/black |
- Final checker (inspector).
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