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An F/A-18 Hornet aircraft of Strike Fighter Squadron 113 (VFA-113), piloted by LT. William Ipock of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70), waits in line with two French Mirage 2000's to conduct air-to-air refueling with a French KC-35 tanker aircraft as part of Operation Southern Watch

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U.S. Navy LT Rick Krystof signals the launch of an F/A-18C Hornet from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). Nimitz is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch

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Aviation Ordnancemen attached to Fighter Squadron One Nine Five (VFA-195) load a sidewinder missile to an F/A-18 Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). Independence is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch

A Strike Fighter Squadron 113 (VFA-113) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft is refueled by an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft off the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on each wing tip. VFA-113 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62)

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Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH

Country: Unknown

Scene Camera Operator: LTC J. Mortensen

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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14/10/1997
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U.S. Navy Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) Sailors attach supplies to a Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28 (HSC-28,"Dragon Whales") MH-60S Knighthawk (Sierra) multi-mission helicopter during an underway replenishment between the EISENHOWER and the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Supply Class Fast Combat Support Ship USNS ARCTIC (T-AOE 8) on Jan. 25, 2007, while the EISENHOWER and embarked Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW-7) are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of maritime security operations in the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Area of Responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Apprentice Jon Dasbach) (Released)

A Fighter Squadron 211 (VF-211) F-14A Tomcat aircraft prepares to catch the arresting wire as it comes in for a landing on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) during flight operations aboard the vessel

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US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Kent Laughbaum (foreground left), Commander, 494th Fighter Squadron, assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), answers questions from members of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Look East Television Network, concerning the arrival of the Wings newly acquired F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft. The new Strike Eagle aircraft were flown from the manufacture by 494th Fighter Squadron (FS) aircrews and will be assigned to the unit

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US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Robert Baxter (left), USAF Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Phil Poulson, and USAF Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Steve Friedricks all assigned to the 146th Airlift Wing (AW), California (CA) Air National Guard (ANG), pose for a photograph in from of the Wings new C-130J Hercules, Tactical Transport Aircraft, at its new home at Channel Island Air National Guard Station (ANGS), California (CA)

A US Navy (USN) (green shirt) Catapult Operator gives the thumbs up signal as a F-14D Tomcat aircraft assigned to the "Tomcatters" of Fighter Squadron 31 (VF-31) prepares to launch from the flight deck of the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). The ROOSEVELT and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) are currently on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting maritime security operations in the Mediterranean Sea

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