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A Fighter Squadron 14 (VF-14) F-14A Tomcat aircraft breaks away after refueling from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft over the Red Sea during Operation Desert Storm. The Tomcat is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the outer pylons and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the fuselage pylons

An air-to-air overhead view of a Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft over the Red Sea during Operation Desert Storm. The Tomcat is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the outer pylons and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the fuselage pylons

An underside view of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft in flight over the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60). The aircraft is armed with AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the fuselage stations and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the wing pylons

Squadron maintenance crewmen check over an F-14A Tomcat aircraft secured on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is carrying AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, top, and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on its wing pylons

A Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft refuels from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as the planes are in flight over the Red Sea during Operation Desert Storm. The Tomcat is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the outer pylons and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the fuselage pylons

Flight deck crewmen refuel an F-14A Tomcat aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60) during flight operations off the coast of Libya

A Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft refuels from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as the planes are in flight over the Red Sea during Operation Desert Storm. The Tomcat is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the outer pylons and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the fuselage pylons

A Fighter Squadron 14 (VF-14) F-14A Tomcat aircraft sits armed and ready on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67) during FLEET EX 1-90. The aircraft is carrying two AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the wing pylon at left, a drop tank under the engine intake, an AIM-54 Phoenix missile under the fuselage and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on the wing pylon at right

A flight deck crew member performs a preflight check on an F-14A Tomcat aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during Operation Desert Storm. The Tomcat is armed with an AIM-7 Sparrow missile, an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile and an AGM-54 Phoenix missile

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60) during flight operations off the coast of Libya. The aircraft is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the wing and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on the fuselage

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Base: USS Saratoga (CV 60)

Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Scene Camera Operator: Unknown

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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A crew member and a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter are silhouetted on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS TRIPOLI (LPH-10)

An F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 52 aircraft from the 157th Fighter Squadron, 169th Fighter Wing, McEntire Air National Guard Station, South Carolina, in flight. The aircraft is armed with AGM-88 HARM's (high-speed anti-radiation missile), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and AIM-120 AMRAAM's (advanced medium-range air-to-air missile). Another F-16 can be seen in the distance

Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46) A-7E Corsair II aircraft fly near the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as they prepare for refueling over the Red Sea during Operation Desert Storm. The Corsair on the right is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on its right fuselage pylon

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