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environment that I knew absolutely nothing about,” said Ziebart.
“Luckily every sailor and marine has been quick to teach me
boat-life and keep me from getting lost in the passageways.”
Ziebart’s inter-service experience has been eye-opening. She
said she has been involved in planning missions she never knew
existed and learned the incredible capabilities of the Navy and
Marine Corps team.
“Each ‘first’ is making me a more rounded and confident pilot,”
said Ziebart. “I welcome each challenge that navy-life brings and
I’m enjoying the process of learning more about our missions and
capabilities here.”
After her exchange with the marines, she will return to an Air
Force squadron and her goal is to teach and mentor young fighter
pilots as an instructor.
“I’ve been inspired by the dedication and passion of so many
instructors and I would love to contribute back to our community
in that way.”
F-35B Lightiing America, flagship of America Expeditionary Strike Group 31st
Marine Expeditionary Unit team is operating in the US 7th Fleet
area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and
Her passion for flying is driven by gratifying experiences in the
air. She said the most enjoyable part is the unique challenge that partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and
comes from flying a new aircraft in a new environment. stability in the Indo-Pacific region. Q
“It’s been challenging and humbling to throw myself into an
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AIRBUS SET TO PARTIALLY

RESUME PRODUCTION

across all other sites without full two million masks from Tianjin back to
interruption. Europe, of which the large majority will
Airbus has announced that it For other non-production activities be donated to the Spanish and French
expects production and assembly work to globally, Airbus continues to support authorities.
home-working where possible. Some
Additional flights are planned to take
partially resume in France and Spain after employees will be asked to return to place in the coming days.
health and safety checks are complete support business continuity following the
“Health and safety is our number one
and meet international standards. implementation of these new measures. priority at Airbus so the work stations
The Company is supporting globally In February, the Airbus Final Assembly at our sites in France and Spain will
efforts to tackle the COVID-19 crisis. It has Line in Tianjin, China, re-opened following only re-open if they meet the required
carried out extensive work in co-ordina- a temporary production stoppage related standards.”
tion with its social partners to ensure the to the corona virus outbreak and is now “I’d like to salute the strong commit-
health and safety of its employees, while operating efficiently. ment from our employees to ensure
securing business continuity. Airbus is supporting those in the health, business continuity in close co-operation
The implementation of these measures emergency and public services that rely with our social partners and other
required a temporary pause in production on its aircraft, helicopters, satellites stakeholders. At the same time we are
and assembly activities at the French and and services to accomplish their critical doing all we can to support those on the
Spanish sites for a period of four days. missions. frontline to fight the coronavirus and limit
Work stations will only re-open if they In addition the company has donated its spread.”
comply with the new health and safety thousands of face masks to hospitals and “We try to live up to our values,
measures in terms of hygiene, cleaning public services around Europe and has humbled by the complexity of the
and self-distancing while improving started to use its test aircraft to obtain situation, and contribute as much as
the efficiency of operations under new larger quantities from suppliers in China. we can to society in these very difficult
working conditions. A first flight with a test A330-800 times,” said Airbus Chief Executive Officer
The same measures are being deployed aircraft has transported approximately Guillaume Faury. Q

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