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An overhead view of an Iraqi Scud missile site during Operation Desert Storm. The blackened earth at center marks the spot from which a missile was fired. The photograph was taken from a Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft using the Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS)

An overhead view of an Iraqi Scud missile site following a strike by Allied aircraft during Operation Desert Storm. Two of the trenches still have covers on them, indicating that they may contain intact launch vehicles. The photograph was taken from a fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft using the Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS)

An overhead view of an Iraqi Scud missile assembly and launch area during Operation Desert Storm, showing several missile storage containers and, at bottom center, two assembled missiles mounted on vehicles. The photograph was taken from a Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft using the Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS)

An overhead view of the A1 Qaim superphosphate fertilizer plant, showing some of the damage caused by Allied bombing attacks during Operation Desert Storm. The photograph was taken from a Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft using the tactical air reconnaissance pod system (TARPS)

An overhead view of an Iraqi airfield during Operation Desert Storm, showing four destroyed aircraft and, at center, an intact aircraft at the end of a taxiway. The photograph was taken from a Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft using the tactical air reconnaissance pod system (TARPS)

An aerial view of Iraqi cargo ships south of the city of Umm Qasr, Iraq, during Operation Desert Storm. The photograph was taken from a Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft using the tactical air reconnaissance pod system (TARPS)

Two Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair aircraft en route to targets in Iraq wait as an Attack Squadron 75 (VA-75) A-6E Intruder aircraft is refueled by a KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft during Operation Desert Storm. The two Corsair aircraft are carrying Mark 82 500-pound bombs and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. VA-72 and VA-75 are based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

Two reinforced concrete aircraft hangars at the Ahmed Al Jaber Airfield show the results of a coalition bombing strike during Operation Desert Storm. The hangars had been suspected of housing Iraqi aircraft. The photograph was taken from a Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft using the Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS)

Smoke billows from several burning oil storage tanks at the Al Basrah Refinery following a coalition air strike during Operation DESERT STORM. The photograph was taken from a Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft using the Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS)

An overhead view of Iraqi Scud missile storage bunkers, one of which is still burning, following a strike by A-7E Corsair aircraft from Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46) and Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) during Operation Desert Storm. The photograph was taken from a Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft using the Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS)

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM

Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: Unknown

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/02/1991
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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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As a Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) F-14A Tomcat aircraft is launched from the No. 3 catapult aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72), the line attaching an aerial banner target to the aircraft is played out across the flight deck. The LINCOLN is at sea for its shakedown cruise

Flight deck crewmen conduct flight operations with an F-14 Tomcat aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). The F-14 is in position to be catapulted from the carrier

NC-10B powerplants are positioned at the end of a line of A-6E Intruder and F-14A Tomcat aircraft during servicing of the aircraft prior to a mission

A left side view of three F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 142 (VF-142) in flight with their arresting hooks down. The aircraft are based aboard the Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

Wearing an MCU-2P protective mask as part of a Nuclear-Biological-Chemical (NBC) warfare drill, LT. Thomas Stubblefield signals to the deck edge operator during the launch of an A-7E Corsair aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67). The KENNEDY is operating in support of Operation Desert Shield

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