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Aviation ordnancemen from Fighter Squadron 21 (VF-21) use a linkless ammunition loading system (LALS) to load the 20mm cannon on an F-14A Tomcat aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62). The INDEPENDENCE is in the gulf as part of Operation Desert Shield

Flight deck crewmen lean on a P-16 shipboard firefighting and rescue truck parked beside a Strike Fighter Squadron 113 (VFA-113) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62). The INDEPENDENCE is in the gulf as part of Operation Desert Shield

A Fighter Squadron 21 (VF-21) F-14A Tomcat aircraft is refueled by an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft off the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the outside portion of each wing pylon and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on the lower part of each pylon. VF-21 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62)

Ordnancemen use an Aero-21A weapons skid to load 20 mm ammunition onto an F-14A Tomcat aircraft of Fighter Squadron 142 (VF-142) on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

Four US Navy (USN) Aviation Ordnancemen load an AIM-54C Phoenix long-range air-to-air missile onto a F-14D Tomcat fighter aircraft, Fighter Squadron Two (VF-2, Bounty Hunters) aboard the Kitty Hawk Class Aircraft Carrier, USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64), while it is on station in the Persian Gulf participating in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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A Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 21 (VAW-21) E-2C Hawkeye aircraft prepares to land aboard the aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69). In the background are an A-7E Corsair II and an F-14A Tomcat aircraft

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A Fighter Squadron 21 (VF-21) F-14 Tomcat aircraft approaches the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62). The INDEPENDENCE is participating in OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH, a multinational effort establishing a no-fly zone for Iraqi aircraft south of the 32nd parallel in Iraq

Aviation ordnancemen from Fighter Squadron 21 (VF-21) use a linkless ammunition loading system (LALS) to load a 20mm cannon on an F-14A Tomcat aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62). The INDEPENDENCE is in the gulf as part of Operation Desert Shield

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Country: Gulf Of Oman

Scene Camera Operator: PH1(Ac) Scott Allen

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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