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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, Uss John F Kennedy Cv 67, Uss John F Kennedy Cv 67

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

A mother holds her son as she waits for the arrival of her husband, a crew member aboard the amphibious cargo ship USS DURHAM (LKA-114). The DURHAM has returned to San Diego 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

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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)

Nichole Doehring leads MAJ. Skip Davenport through the crowd as he and other members of the 8th Special Operations Squadron are welcomed upon their arrival. The servicemen corresponded with the children while stationed in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Now that they have returned from deployment, the men have traveled to Illinois to meet and spend a day with their pen pals

Overhead aerial view, looking west, along Suisuin Bay, California towards the Benica-Martinez Bridge where the National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels are in storage near the city of Benica

A family walks along the pier prior to being reunited with a loved one serving aboard the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS SOUTH CAROLINA (CGN-37). The vessel is returning to port, along with other ships of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group, after being deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

A couple stands near the control tower as they wait for the arrival of the fighter and heavy attack squadrons of Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3) and Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17). The squadrons of CVW-3 and CVW-17 are returning to their home stations after being deployed to the Persian Gulf region aboard the aircraft carriers USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) and USS SARATOGA (CV-60), respectively, for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

Four F-14A Tomcat aircraft fly in formation as they arrive over the air station. The squadrons of Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3) and Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17) are returning to their home stations after being deployed to the Persian Gulf region aboard the aircraft carriers USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) and USS SARATOGA (CV-60), respectively, for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

The large harbor tug ANOKA (YTB-810) maneuvers the guided missile cruiser USS THOMAS S. GATES (CG-51) toward the pier following its arrival in port with other 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

The A-6E Intruder aircraft of CAPT. A.H. White, commander, Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3), arrives on base along with other aircraft from CVW-3 and CVW-17. Military personnel from both wings are returning home after serving in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm

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