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An F/A-18C Hornet aircraft of Strike Fighter Squadron Seventy-Four (VFA-74) in flight over the Aircraft Carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60) during Operation DESERT SHIELD

Aerial view two F/A-18C Hornet aircraft of Strike Fighter Squadron Seventy-Four (VFA-74) in flight above the Forrestal Class, Aircraft Carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60) during Operation Desert Shield. The SARATOGA has completed its turn to starboard and is in the background

Aerial view two F/A-18C Hornet aircraft of Strike Fighter Squadron Seventy-Four (VFA-74) in flight above the Forrestal Class, Aircraft Carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60) during Operation Desert Shield. The SARATOGA is making a hard turn to starboard and is in the background

An aerial view of a F/A-18C Hornet aircraft of Strike Fighter Squadron Seventy-Four (VFA-74) in flight over the Forrestal Class, Aircraft Carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60) during Operation Desert Shield. Other F/A-18Cs as well as F-14A Tomcats and A-6E Intruders are seen aboard the flight desk of the SARATOGA

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.

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

Aerial view two F/A-18C Hornet aircraft of Strike Fighter Squadron Seventy-Four (VFA-74) in flight above the Forrestal Class, Aircraft Carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60) during Operation Desert Shield. The SARATOGA is making a hard turn to starboard and is in the background

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

Two F/A-18C Hornet aircraft pass over the Aircraft Carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60) during Operation DESERT SHIELD. The aircraft are assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron Seventy-Four (VFA-74)

An aerial view of a F/A-18C Hornet aircraft of Strike Fighter Squadron Seventy-Four (VFA-74) climbs out over the Forrestal Class, Aircraft Carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60) during Operation Desert Shield

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

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04/11/1990
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label_outline Explore Forrestal Class, Seventy Four, Forrestal Class Aircraft Carrier

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