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Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Steven Fowler, a jet engine mechanic with Air Anti-submarine Squadron 21 (VS-21), repairs the oil line on an S-3A Viking aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV-62). The carrier is underway in the gulf during Operation Southern Watch, a multinational effort establishing a no-fly zone for Iraqi aircraft south of the 32nd parallel in Iraq
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Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH
Country: Unknown
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Deloach
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
29/08/1992
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