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An Attack Squadron 196 (VA-196) A-6E Intruder aircraft sits ready for launch on the No. 1 catapult on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) during Operation Desert Shield

An Attack Squadron 196 (VA-196) A-6E Intruder aircraft sits ready for launch on the No. 1 catapult on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) during Operation Desert Shield

An A-6E Intruder aircraft is launched from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) as the vessel is underway during Operation Desert Shield

A TF/A-18 Hornet aircraft touches down on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62)

A Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 139 (VAQ-139) EA-6B Prowler aircraft is launched from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) as the vessel is underway during Operation Desert Shield

A catapult officer gives the signal to launch an Attack Squadron 196 (VA-196) A-6E Intruder aircraft during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62). The INDEPENDENCE is one of the U.S. Navy ships sent to the Persian Gulf in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait

A catapult officer on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43) signals launching instructions to an F/A-18A Hornet pilot

A plane director signals the launch of an aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV 66)

A-6E Intruder aircraft of Attack Squadron 196 (VA-196), forground, sit on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64) along with other aircraft during PACEX '89

A catapult officer signals for the launch of an Attack Squadron 196 (VA-196) A-6E Intruder aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) during Operation Desert Shield

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Country: Gulf Of Oman

Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Bartlett

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/08/1990
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