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An F/A-18C Hornet strike-fighter aircraft lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during Operation Desert Shield.

A Strike-Fighter Squadron 83 (VFA-83) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft stands on the flight deck of the aircraft USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during Operation Desert Shield.

The pilot of a Strike Fighter Squadron 83 (VFA-83) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft stands by for launch on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during Operation Desert Shield

An F/A-18 Hornet aircraft stands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during Operation Desert Storm

A stern view of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) underway during Operation Desert Shield

Flight deck crew members watch as a Strike-Fighter Squadron 81 (VFA-81) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft takes off from the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during Operation Desert Storm

Various aircraft line in the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) as the vessel is underway in support of Operation Desert Shield

An aerial view of a F/A-18C Hornet aircraft of Strike Fighter Squadron Seventy-Four (VFA-74) climbs out over the Forrestal Class, Aircraft Carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60) during Operation Desert Shield

A bow view of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) underway during Operation Desert Shield

F/A -18C Hornet aircraft line the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) as the ship is underway during Operation Desert Shield

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Base: USS Saratoga(CV 60)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Bruce Davis

Release Status: Released to Public

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15/02/1991
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label_outline Explore Ph 2 Bruce Davis, Operation Desert Shield, Aircraft Carrier Uss Saratoga

Members of C Btry., 1ST Bn., 319th Air Field Arty. Regt., secure M-102 105mm towed howitzers to the slings of 2nd Battalion, 82nd Aviation Brigade UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopters for a two-gun raid training mission during Operation Desert Shield

Four ships from three nations sail together during the NATO exercise Display Determination '91. The ships are, from front to back: the British aircraft carrier HMS INVINCIBLE (R-05), the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV-59), the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1) and the Spanish aircraft carrier PRINCIPE DE ASTURIAS (R-11)

A port bow view of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60) underway during operations with the 6th Fleet

Wearing an MCU-2P protective mask as part of a Nuclear-Biological-Chemical (NBC) warfare drill, LT. Thomas Stubblefield signals to the deck edge operator during the launch of an A-7E Corsair aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67). The KENNEDY is operating in support of Operation Desert Shield

Well-wishers standing on a pier to view the arrival of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) battle group watch as the guided missile destroyer USS SAMPSON (DDG-10) passes by. The battle group is returning to Mayport after being deployed in the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

Crewmen man the rails as the destroyer USS SPRUANCE (DD-963) returns to port after participating in Operation Desert Storm. The superstructure of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) is in the background

An F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing flies alongside Falcon as the planes are en route to Saudi Arabia to take part in Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft in the foreground is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

A Strike Fighter Squadron 81 (VFA-81) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft flies over the sea during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on each wing tip. VFA-81 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60)

Landing signal officers aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60) guide aircraft on approach for landing

A soldier looks at a 433rd Military Airlift Wing C-5 Galaxy aircraft from his vantage point atop an M-551 Sheridan light tank. The equipment is being deployed to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield

A Fighter Squadron 74 (VF-74) F-14A Tomcat aircraft rolls down the No. 2 catapult aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) as it is launched during Operation Desert Storm

A flight deck crewmen signals to the pilot of an Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VX-1) ES-3A Shadow aircraft in preparation for a catapult launch from the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during the NATO exercise Display Determination '92

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