An F/A-18 Hornet snaps to a halt after a tail-hook on the flight deck of USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) while underway in the Arabian Gulf. The ship is in the gulf as part of an SWA build-up of forces in reaction to Iraq's refusal of U.N. sponsored weapon's inspections
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: SCIENCE EXPEDTION '96
Base: USS Pogy (SSN 647)
Country: Arctic
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Steven H. Vanderwerff
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
05/11/1996
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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