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Family and friends of crew members from the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group wait to welcome their loved ones as the vessels arrive in port. The ships had been deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Family and friends of crew members from the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group wait to welcome their loved ones as the vessels arrive in port. The ships had been deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Family and friends of crew members from the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group wait to welcome their loved ones as the vessels arrive in port. The ships had been deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Family and friends of crew members from the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group wait to welcome their loved ones as the vessels arrive in port. The ships had been deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Family and friends of crew members from the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group wait to welcome their loved ones as the vessels arrive in port. The ships had been deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Family members and friends look for their loved ones as ships of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group return to Norfolk following deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

A banner expresses the sentiments of friends and family waiting to welcome crew members of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group. The vessels had been deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

A banner expresses the sentiments of friends and family waiting to welcome crew members of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group. The vessels had been deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Family and friends wait for the arrival of loved ones aboard ships of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group. The vessels are returning to Norfolk after being deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Family and friends of crew members from the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group wait to welcome their loved ones as the vessels arrive in port. The ships had been deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM

Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk

State: Virginia (VA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Pat Jett Toombs

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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28/03/1991
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label_outline Explore Pat Jett Toombs, Battle Group, Vessels

Sailors maintain order as a crowd waits to welcome crew members from ships in the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group. The vessels are returning to Norfolk after being deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Crew members paint the hull of the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19) as the ship is docked in port. The BLUE RIDGE has arrived in Yokosuka following deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm

A U.S. Army officer speaks during welcoming ceremonies for members of the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) following their return from deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Family and friends of crew members aboard the tank landing ship USS SPARTANBURG COUNTY (LST-1192) wave banners and flags upon the vessel's arrival in port. The ship is returning to Little Creek following deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Family member and loved ones of US Navy (USN) Pilots assigned to Fighter Attack Squadrons Eight Two and Eight Six (VFA-82) and (VFA-86) are welcomed back to Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort, South Carolina (SC), following a six-month deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Combat cameramen film the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS SOUTH CAROLINA (CGN-37) from their vantage point on the bow of a PB Mark III patrol boat. The cruiser is returning to Norfolk following deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Family and friends of crew members cheer and wave flags as they watch the arrival of ships of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group. The vessels are returning to the station following deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Friends and family members wave signs and flags as the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) arrives at the pier. The SARATOGA and its battle group are returning to Mayport following their deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

Marines salute as the body of LT. Mark Adam Lange is carried, in a box, to the dispensary aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) for identification and examination. LT. Lange was killed when his A-6 Intruder aircraft was shot down in a bombing raid over Lebanon

Navy officers watch a flyover comprised of Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) aircraft from Attack Squadron 85 (VA-85), Fighter Squadron 33 (VF-33) and Fighter Squadron 102 (VF-102). The wing is returning from the Persian Gulf area where it was deployed aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) while deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm

CAPT Mack C. Gaston tends to paperwork in his office at the Pentagon. Gaston has recently been selected to receive his promotion to the rank of rear admiral (lower half)

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Joshua Peloquin, 332nd Combat Aeromedical Support Facility, and SRA Antonio Goldsmith, 332nd Expeditionary Communications Squadron (ECS), fill sandbags to replace older ones in tent city during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. USAF SRA Peloquin deployed from the 60th Medical Operations Squadron (MDOS), Travis Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA) and USAF SRA Goldsmith deployed from the 54th Combat Communications Squadron (CBCS), Robbins Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia (GA)

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