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An SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter idles on the flight deck of the guided missile frigate USS NICHOLAS (FFG-47). Beneath the helicopter is the carriage for the ship's recovery assistance, securing and traversing (RAST) system. The NICHOLAS is en route to its home port at Naval Station, Charleston, S.C., after serving in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

A plane director signals to the pilot of a Marine Utility/Attack Helicopter Squadron 257 (HMLA-257) AH-1 Sea Cobra gunship on the helicopter deck of the guided missile frigate USS NICHOLAS (FFG-47) during Earnest Will, a convoy mission in which reflagged Kuwaiti tankers are escorted through waters of the Gulf by U.S. naval ships

Reflagged Kuwaiti tankers move through Persian Gulf waters escorted by U.S. Navy ships. The convoy includes, from front to back: the GAS KING, OCEAN CITY, SEA ISLE CITY, and BRIDGETON. U.S. Navy ships are serving as protection against possible attack from hostile forces until the tankers reach open waters

US Navy (USN) Aviation Ordnancemen, assigned to Weapons Department, hook a cargo pendant to a MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Two Five (HCS-25) during Vertical Replenishment (VETREP) conducted between the USN Military Sealift Command (MSC), Kilauea Class Ammunition Ship USNS FLINT (T-AE 32) and the USN Aircraft Carrier, USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63). The KITTY HAWK is currently operating in the Coral Sea in support of Exercise TALISMANS SABER 2005. The USN Arleigh Burke Class (FLIGHT I) Guided Missile Destroyer (Aegis), USS FIRZGERALD (DDG 62) is underway in the background

A US Navy (USN) SH-60 helicopter prepare to land on the flight deck of the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006. The exercise designed to increase the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined sea operations. RIMPAC 2006 brings together military forces from Australia (AUS), Canada (CAN), Chile (CHL), Peru (PER), Japan (JPN), the Republic of Korea (KOR), United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US)

Onboard the flight deck of the US Navy (USN) Dock Landing Ship, USS HARPERS FERRY (LSD 49), USN Sailors assigned to the Chock Crew, move to a safe locations as a USN SH-60 Sea Hawk Helicopter prepares to take off. The HARPERS FERRY and its crew are conducting flight deck proficiency demonstrations for an embarked Afloat Training Group as part of its Tailored Ships Training Availability, conducted while underway in the Pacific Ocean

A US Navy (USN) MH-60S Seahawk helicopter transports stores during an underway replenishment (UNREP) to the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) as the Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS ANTIETAM (CG 54) steams in the background. The CARL VINSON Carrier Strike Group is conducting operations in support of multi-national forces in Iraq and maritime security operations in the Persian Gulf

A US Navy (USN) SH-60B Seahawk helicopter assigned to the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 47 (HSL-47) lowers a USN search and rescue (SAR) swimmer during a sea power demonstration for USN Sailors and their family members aboard the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) during a Tiger Cruise in the Pacific Ocean. Tiger Cruise is provided for family members and friends of the crew to give them an opportunity to experience life at sea for a week

U.S. Navy Flight deck personnel hook up a replenishment sling to an SH-60F Seahawk helicopter from the"Eightballers"of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 8, during a Vertical Replenishment with the Military Sealift Command Supply Fast Combat Support Ship, USNS BRIDGE (T-AOE 10), and the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) in the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 10, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class Heidi Giacalone) (Released)

An SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter from the guided missile frigate USS NICHOLAS (FFG-47) approaches the reflagged Kuwaiti tanker CHESAPEAKE CITY. The helicopter is transporting Navy Liaison Officers (NLOs), who will act as a naval representatives aboard the tanker, during Earnest Will, a convoy mission in which reflagged Kuwaiti tankers are escorted through waters of the Gulf by U.S. naval ships

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Subject Operation/Series: EARNEST WILL

Country: Unknown

Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Mitchell

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/07/1988
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