crew chief

noun

: one who is in charge of a crew of workers

especially : a noncommissioned officer (as in the air force) who supervises an airplane's ground crew

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Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28, of Lilburn, Georgia, who was the crew chief, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39, of Great Mills, Maryland, who was a pilot. —

Lolita C. Baldor, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025 McCormack explained that with limited visibility from the front of the helicopter, having only one crew chief to monitor the rear was problematic. —

Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025 Black Hawk crew chief Ryan O'Hara Courtesy of Gary O'Hara After a tour of duty in Afghanistan, he was assigned to Fort Belvoir in Virginia, just outside the nation's capital. —

Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2025 The crew chief of the doomed Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines passenger jet over Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday was identified as Ryan O’Hara. —

Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for crew chief