A Military Sealift Command fleet oiler USNS TIPPECANOE (TAO 199) conducts a replenishment at sea with the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). Nimitz and her embarked air wing are deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of UN sanctions against Iraq to enforce the No-Fly Zone over southern Iraq under Operation Southern Watch
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Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH
Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68)
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Christopher Mobley
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
07/11/1997
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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