An SH-3 Sea King helicopter from Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 9 (HS-9) lifts off the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) during the NATO exercise Display Determination '81. In the foreground is an A-6A Intruder aircraft (with folded wings) from Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DISPLAY DETERMINATION '81
Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Douglas Tesner
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
19/09/1981
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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