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A flight deck crewman signals to the pilot of an S-3 Viking aircraft aboard the fllight deck of the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV 59) in the North Atlantic Ocean during Exercise WEST WIND 88

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Subject Operation/Series: WEST WIND 88

Base: USS Forrestal (CV 59)

Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Camerer, USN

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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31/08/1988
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