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A view of two Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair aircraft en route to their targets during Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft are carrying Mark 20 Rockeye II anti-tank cluster bombs on their outboard wing pylons and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on their fuselage pylons. VA-72 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67), which is operating in the Red Sea

An Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair aircraft receives fuel from an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft while on a training flight following the cease-fire between coalition and Iraqi forces. The aircraft is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on its port fuselage pylon. VA-72 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67), which is operating in the Red Sea

Three Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair aircraft pass over the desert while returning to the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) in the Red Sea after a strike on Iraqi targets during Operation Desert Storm. Each aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile; the aircraft in the foreground is also carrying an AGM-88 HARM high-speed anti-radiation missile on its outboard wing pylon

Two Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair aircraft en route to targets in Iraq wait as an Attack Squadron 75 (VA-75) A-6E Intruder aircraft is refueled by a KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft during Operation Desert Storm. The two Corsair aircraft are carrying Mark 82 500-pound bombs and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. VA-72 and VA-75 are based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

Five A-7E Corsair aircraft from Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) fly in formation as they return to the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) in the Red Sea following a strike on targets in Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. Each aircraft carries an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on its fuselage cheek-position point

An A-7E Corsair aircraft, right, assigned to the commander of Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46) sits on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) following the cease-fire that ended Operation Desert Storm. The Corsair aircraft in the background with the desert camouflage paint scheme is assigned to the commander and deputy commander of Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3). A P-16 shipboard firefighting and rescue truck is at left

A-7E Corsair II aircraft of Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) fly in formation as they return to the United States following deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm. The Corsair at the rear exhibits and camouflage paint scheme and sports the name of the war in which it played a role. Aircraft of VA-72 and VA-46 will be decommissioned following their return home after twenty years of service in Carrier Air Wing 3. Corsairs of both squadrons had been stationed aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

An air-to-air right side view of three Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair II aircraft in formation en route to their targets during Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft are carrying Mark 20 Rockeye II anti-tank cluster bombs on their outboard wing pylons and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on their fuselage pylons. VA-72 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67), which is operating in the Red Sea

Two A-7E Corsair aircraft from Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46) fall in behind an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft while on a training flight following the cease-fire between coalition and Iraqi forces. The aircraft at right is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on its starboard fuselage pylon. VA-46 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67), which is operating in the Red Sea

A-7E Corsair aircraft from Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72), foreground, and Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46) conduct aerial refueling with an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. An Attack Squadron 75 (VA-75) KA-6D Intruder aircraft is at upper right. The Navy aircraft are deployed aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67), which is on station in the Red Sea in support of Operation Desert Shield

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Scene Camera Operator: CMDR. Leenhouts

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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17/12/1990
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label_outline Explore Ka 6 D Intruder Aircraft, Air Force Kc 135 Stratotanker Aircraft, A 7 E Corsair Aircraft

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Aviation ordnancemen load Mark 82 500-pound retarded delivery bombs onto the wing pylon of an A-6E Intruder aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

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Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46) A-7E Corsair II aircraft fly near the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as they prepare for refueling over the Red Sea during Operation Desert Storm. The Corsair on the right is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on its right fuselage pylon

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