Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).The Ronald Reagan (CVN (Card Verification Number) See CSC. 76) Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department's (AIMD AIMD Additive Increase, Multiplicative Decrease AIMD Accounting and Information Management Division AIMD Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department AIMD American Institute for Managing Diversity AIMD Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics AIMD Active Implantable Medical Device ) jet engine shop performed the ship's first at-sea jet engine test on an F/A-18 Super Hornet engine. AIMD was testing the engine as part of an assessment of the ship's new Jet Engine Test Instrumentation system. The new system will allow personnel to run everything from basic leak checks to afterburner afterburner Second combustion chamber in a turbojet or turbofan engine, immediately in front of the engine's exhaust nozzle. The injection and combustion of extra fuel in this chamber provide additional thrust for takeoff or supersonic flight; in most cases, the afterburner tests. |
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