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A visitor touring the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) pauses on the bridge to watch an F-14 Tomcat aircraft take off

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27/07/1981
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label_outline Explore F 14 Tomcat Aircraft, Aircraft Carrier Uss Nimitz, F 14 Tomcat

A US Navy pilot onboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74), preflights an F-14 Tomcat prior to flight operations in the Persian Gulf. The USS JOHN C. STENNIS is deployed in the Persian Gulf in support of an Southwest build-up

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

A A-6E Intruder aircraft refuels an EA-6B Prowler aircraft during a demonstration of U.S. Navy aircraft being conducted for military officials from the People's Republic of China visiting aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). (Substandard image)

As a Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) F-14A Tomcat aircraft is launched from the No. 3 catapult aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72), the line attaching an aerial banner target to the aircraft is played out across the flight deck. The LINCOLN is at sea for its shakedown cruise

Flight deck crewmen conduct flight operations with an F-14 Tomcat aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). The F-14 is in position to be catapulted from the carrier

An F-14 "Tomcat" engages it's afterburners prior to a night launch off the flight deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). ROOSEVELT and its embarked carrier air wing are participating in strikes missions over the former Yugoslavia in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

AMN Justin Horn (left) signals LT Ron Gorman (center) and LT. Jim Bates during flight checks of an F-14 Tomcat aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). Independence is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch

Right front view of an A-6 Intruder aircraft from Medium Attack Squadron 165 (VA-165) coming in for an arrested landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV-64). Two F-14 Tomcat aircraft are parked on the left

Maintenance crewmen aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) work on an S-3 Viking aircraft, left, and an EA-6B Prowler aircraft, right, during the NATO exercise Display Determination '81

51F-43-093 - STS-51F - 51F earth observations

An Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) before it is dropped into a "Catcher's Mitt" during a ground ejection test from the wing of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft at the Pacific Missile Test Center

Aviation ordnancemen load Mark 82 500-pound bombs onto an A-6E Intruder aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). The ship is operating off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon

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