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A plane captain from Strike Fighter Squadron 81 (VFA-81) checks out an AIM-9 Sidewinder mounted on the wing tip of an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during Operation Desert Storm

A Strike-Fighter Squadron 83 (VFA-83) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft stands on the flight deck of the aircraft USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during Operation Desert Shield.

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Strike Fighter Squadron 83 (VFA-83) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 3 (HS-3) SH-3H Sea King helicopters, and A-6E Intruder aircraft line the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) as the vessel is underway in support of Operation Desert Shield

The pilot of a Strike Fighter Squadron 83 (VFA-83) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft stands by for launch on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during Operation Desert Shield

Flight deck crew members watch as a Strike-Fighter Squadron 81 (VFA-81) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft takes off from the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during Operation Desert Storm

Strike Fighter Squadron 83 (VFA-83) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 3 (HS-3) SH-3H Sea King helicopters, and A-6E Intruder aircraft line the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) as the vessel is underway in support of Operation Desert Shield

Aviation ordnancemen secure a bomb to a weapons pylon on a Strike Fighter Squadron 81 (VFA-81) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft on the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during Operation Desert Storm

A Strike Fighter Squadron 81 (VFA-81) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft is launched from the No. 3 catapult aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during Operation Desert Storm

A Strike Fighter Squadron 81 (VFA-81) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft flies over the sea during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on each wing tip. VFA-81 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60)

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Country: Red Sea

Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. F. Lee Corkran

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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05/09/1990
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