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An F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 74 lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60)

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Base: USS Saratoga (CV 60)

Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Scene Camera Operator: PH1 William A. Shayka

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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28/01/1986
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Flight deck crewmen load boxes onto a Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 4 (HC-4) CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during Operation Storm

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