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A sailor drives an MD-3A tow tractor across the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

An MD-3A tow tractor is used to maneuver a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1)

Sailors use an air hose from an MD-3A tow tractor to turn over the engines of an Attack Squadron 65 (VA-65) A-6E Intruder aircraft on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

An MD-3A tow/starter tractor moves across the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

A flight deck crewman backs an MD-3A tow tractor into position aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

An MD-3A tow tractor is used to tow an A-7E Corsair II aircraft to a catapult during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

A flight deck crewman backs an MD-3A tow tractor into position aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

An MD-3A tow tractor is used to tow an Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair II aircraft to a catapult during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

Members of the aircraft handling crew use an MD-3A tow tractor to move an A-6E Intruder aircraft to a parking spot during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). The A-6E is assigned to Medium Attack Squadron 65 (VA-65)

An MD-3A tow tractor is used to move a utility boat aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61)

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Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Jeff Hilton

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27/06/1984
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Two crewmen examine one of the five-bladed inboard screws of the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) while it is in Dry Dock No. 4

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A starboard bow view of utility landing craft 1645 (LCU-1645) as it moves toward the beach during exercise Northern Wedding '82

Coast Guard Station Milford Haven crewmembers transit

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An aerial port beam view of the Pegasus class patrol combatant missile (hydrofoil) USS ARIES (PHM 5) underway. The ARIES is accompanying the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) en route to San Cristobal, Panama

The battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) fires its Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber guns during NATO Exercise BALTOPS '85

The three Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun turrets of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) are fired during a main battery firing exercise

U.S. Marines carrying weapons and ammunition walk off the bow ramp of a utility landing craft toward the beach during landing operations. U.S. Marines have been assigned to Lebanon as part of a multinational peacekeeping force following a confrontation between Lebanoni forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization

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