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Aviation Ordnancemen load Rockeye cluster bombs on to the wing of an FA-18 "Hornet". The men are stationed on board the USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71), which is deployed to the Adriatic in support of NATO-led Operation Allied Force. (Duplicate image, see also DD-SD-00-02731 or search 990412-N-6240R-006)

Aviation Ordnancemen load Rockeye cluster bombs on to the wing of an F/A-18 "Hornet". The men are stationed on board the USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71), which is deployed to the Adriatic in support of NATO-led Operation Allied Force. (Duplicate image, see also DD-SD-00-02619 or search 990412-N-6240R-006)

Flight deck crewmen help hoist a Mark 20 Rockeye II cluster bomb onto the wing pylon of an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). The Hornet also has an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile mounted on its wing tip. The EISENHOWER is one of the U.S. Navy ships sent to the Persian Gulf in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18C Hornet fighter assigned to the "Golden Warriors" of Strike Fighter Squadron 87 (VFA-87) launches, afterburners blazing, from the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). The ROOSEVELT and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) are currently underway in the Persian Gulf on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting maritime security operations

On board USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71), Aviation Ordnancemen from the "Valions" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Five (VFA-15) transport AIM-7 medium range air-to-air missiles to waiting F/A-18C "Hornet " aircraft (not shown). THEODORE ROOSEVELT and its embarked air wing are conducting missions in support of the NATO Operation Allied Force

An Aviation Ordnanceman clears the safety pin from the wing mounted AIM-9 "Sidewinder" air-to-air missile prior to the launch of an F-18 "Hornet. " The USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) and its embarked carrier air wing are participating in air strikes in the former Yugoslavia in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

A US Navy (USN) SH-60F Seahawk helicopter, assigned to the "Tridents" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 3 (HS-3), lifts-off from the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). The ROOSEVELT and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) are currently underway in the Persian Gulf on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting maritime security operations

A stern port view of the US Navy (USN) Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer, USS MASON (DDG 87) as it is underway patrolling the Persian Gulf with Destroyer Squadron 26 (DESRON-26), USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS HARRY S TRUMAN (CVN 75) Carrier Strike Group 10 (CSG-10) in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). This photograph was taken from inside a USN SH-60 Seahawk helicopter (note the M2.50 caliber machine gun in the foreground)

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18 Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 22 (VFA-22) is directed into launch position on the flight deck aboard the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76). The REAGAN and embarked Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) are on their maiden deployment conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the Persian Gulf, while participating in the global war on terrorism

Aviation Ordnancemen load Rockeye cluster bombs on to the wing of an FA-18 "Hornet". Also seen are two AIM-9 Sidewinder Missiles attached to the wingtips of two F-A/18s parked side by side on the ROOSEVELT. The USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) is deployed to the Adriatic Sea in support of the NATO-led Operation Allied Force

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Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE

Country: Adriatic Sea

Scene Camera Operator: Ph1 Richard Rosser

Release Status: Released to Public

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