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A view of pod attachments for tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) missiles on an AH-1 Cobra helicopter during Operation Sand Eagle '88

An M151A1 light vehicle equipped with a tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) anti-tank missile launcher is loaded onto a KC-10A Extender aircraft for deployment to Davis Field, Oklahoma, during an operational readiness inspection

US Marine Corps (USMC) troops quickly remove a Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided missile (TOW 2A) missile from its container for immediate loading onto an AH-1W Cobra attack helicopter at a Forward Air Refueling Point (FARP), operated by the Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 (MWSS-373), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter with the Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 (HMM-263), circles the USS TORTUGA (LSD-46), center and USS NASSAU (LHA-4) as the ships launch landing craft with vehicles and Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) ashore in Support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 365 (HMM-365), attached to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (26th MEU(SOC)) as the ocean's mist creates streaks in the air around the helicopters rotor blades as it lifts off the USS KEARSARGE (LHD 3)

AH-1 Cobra helicopters stand at the Port of Houston in preparation for shipment to the Middle East in support of Operation Desert Shield

A Soldier aims a tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) missile launcher equipped with an AN/TAS-5 Dragon night tracker

A port view of the guided missile frigate USS TAYLOR (FFG-50) as it passes a tanker after going through the Strait of Hormuz during Operation Desert Shield

A close-up view of rocket and missile launchers mounted on the wing stub of an AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter during Operation SAND EAGLE '88

A view of a rocket launcher and pod attachments for tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) missiles on an AH-1 Cobra helicopter which is being shipped to the Middle East in support of Operation Desert Shield

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

State: Texas (TX)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Unknown

Release Status: Released to Public

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30/11/1990
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