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An air-to-air underside view of a Fighter Squadron 114 (VF-114) F-14A Tomcat aircraft flying a night mission over Kuwait

A U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft refuels a Fighter Squadron 114 (VF-114) F-14A Tomcat aircraft as the two planes fly over Kuwait in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm

A 100th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft

A Fighter Squadron 14 (VF-14) F-14A Tomcat aircraft is positioned alongside the fuel tank of an Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair II aircraft during an in-flight refueling mission

An air-to-air left side view of a US Air Force KC-10A Extender aircraft refueling an F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 143 (VF-143). Waiting their turns for refueling are two other F-14As, one from Fighter Squadron 142 (VF-142) (foreground) and another from VF-143. The F-14As are assigned to Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW-7) aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

An air-to-air right side view of a Fighter Squadron 143 (VF-143) F-14A Tomcat aircraft

An air-to-air right side view of a Fighter Squadron 143 (VF-143) F-14A Tomcat aircraft

A Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft refuels from an Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker while another Tomcat flies alongside. The aircraft are flying over Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield

A Fighter Squadron 143 (VF-143) F-14A Tomcat aircraft comes in for a landing on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

A Fighter Squadron 114 (VF-114) F-14A Tomcat aircraft refuels from an Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft while flying over Kuwait

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELDDESERT STORM

Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Scene Camera Operator: LT. Steve Gozzo

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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10/09/1991
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An Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft refuels a C-141B Starlifter aircraft (as seen from the KC-10) during the return flight from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to Christchurch, New Zealand. The C-141 has just completed an airdrop during Operation Deep Freeze

A A-6E Intruder aircraft refuels an EA-6B Prowler aircraft during a demonstration of U.S. Navy aircraft being conducted for military officials from the People's Republic of China visiting aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). (Substandard image)

A US Air Force (USAF) 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), F-15E Strike Eagle dual-role fighter aircraft, from RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, England (ENG), banks away from the deployed refueling boom of an Alabama Air National Guard (ALANG) 106th Aerial Refueling Squadron (ARS), 117th Aerial Refueling Wing (ARW), KC-135R Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft (not shown) on a training flight over the North Sea, while the 106th ARS is on a two-week deployment training mission with the 48th FW

The crew of the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) mans the rails as the ship is escorted to the pier by U.S. Navy large harbor tugs (YTBs) and commercial tugs. The AMERICA is returning to Norfolk following its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) falls in behind an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft to conduct an aerial refueling while on a combat air patrol following the cease-fire between coalition and Iraqi forces. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the outboard portion of each wing pylon and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on the inboard portion. VF-32 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

A C-130 Hercules attached to Marine Arial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 [VMGR-252] Marine Corps Air Station [MCAS] Cherry Point, North Carolina, refuels (left wing) two F-18 Hornets, from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron [VMFA] in Beaufort South Carolina, and two AV-8 Harriers attached to Marine Attack Squadron-231 [VMA-231] in MCAS Cherry Point

U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft maintenance personnel with the 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Grand Forks AFB , N.D., preparing to work on a KC-135 Stratotanker refueler aircraft at Phelps-Collins, ANGB, Alpine, Mich., during Exercise Crisis Outlook 2004, on Oct. 21, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Scott T. Sturkol) (RELEASED)

A silouetted U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker refueler aircraft, on a hardstand area as the sunrises at Phelps-Collins, ANGB, Alpine, Mich., during Exercise Crisis Outlook 2004, on Oct. 21, 2004 .(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Scott T. Sturkol) (RELEASED)

A B-2 Spirit Bomber aircraft on approach to aerial refueling from a US Air Force KC-10A Extender Aircraft from McGuire AFB, New Jersey during a training exercise

Corporal (CPL) Alvin Hicks, of Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 373rd bulk fuels section, refuels an AH-1W Cobra helicopter gunship from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) at a forward aircraft refueling point on Jalibah Air Base, Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A port side view of the island structure of the amphibious assault ship USS TRIPOLI (LPH-10) as the ship departs from the naval station after a visit. The TRIPOLI is en route to its home port of Naval Station, San Diego, Calif., after serving in the Persian Gulf region during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.

An air-to-air view of a US Air Force KC-10A Extender Aircraft from McGuire AFB, New Jersey refueling a B-2 Spirit Bomber aircraft during a training exercise

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