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A catapult and arresting gear officer wearing a safety observer jersey signals instructions to the pilot of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft preparing to be launched from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69). The integrated catapult control station is visible in the foreground. Note: First view in a series of two

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Catapult and arresting gear crew members give the "thumbs up" signal prior to launching a Fighter Squadron 143 (VF-143) F-14A Tomcat aircraft from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69). The aircraft is armed with an AIM-54A Phoenix and an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile. In the foreground is the integrated catapult control system station

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Scene Camera Operator: CWO Patrick Wilkerson

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/07/1987
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catapult gear officer gear officer safety observer jersey signals instructions safety observer jersey signals instructions pilot tomcat aircraft tomcat aircraft cvn control station control station foreground second view f 14 a tomcat f 14 a atlantic ocean united states ships us navy ships uss dwight d eisenhower nuclear powered aircraft carrier nuclear powered aircraft carrier fighter jet aircraft f 14 grumman aerospace corporation us navy high resolution f 14 a tomcat aircraft cwo patrick wilkerson jet aircraft military aircraft aircraft carrier uss dwight d eisenhower cvn 69 us national archives