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Aerial of a US Navy (USN) F-14D Tomcat fighter, Strike Fighter Squadron 103 (VFA-103), Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Virginia (VA), in the sky over Iraq (IRQ) during a combat mission in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Aerial of a US Navy (USN) F-14D Tomcat fighters, Strike Fighter Squadron 103 (VFA-103), Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Virginia (VA), in the sky over Iraq (IRQ) during a combat mission in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Aerial of a pair of US Navy (USN) F-14D Tomcat fighters, Strike Fighter Squadron 103 (VFA-103), Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Virginia (VA), in the sky over Iraq (IRQ) during a combat mission in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Aerial of a US Navy (USN) F-14D Tomcat fighters, Strike Fighter Squadron 103 (VFA-103), Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Virginia (VA), in the sky over Iraq (IRQ) during a combat mission in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee O. Tucker, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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