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Flight deck crewmen carry out flight operations on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV 59) during Exercise WEST WIND 88. Parked on the deck are A-7E Corsair II and F-14A Tomcat aircraft

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: WEST WIND 88

Base: USS Forrestal (CV 59)

Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Dittmar, USN

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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crewmen flight deck crewmen operations flight operations flight deck aircraft carrier uss forrestal aircraft carrier uss forrestal exercise wind exercise west wind corsair tomcat f 14 a tomcat f 14 a atlantic ocean a 7 e corsair ii aircraft carrier fighter jet aircraft f 14 grumman aerospace corporation high resolution f 14 a tomcat aircraft uss forrestal west wind phan dittmar us navy aircraft carrier deck us national archives
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01/09/1988
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label_outline Explore West Wind, Exercise West Wind, Uss Forrestal

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CVA 59 Forrestal [19-NN-CVA 59 Forrestal-148058]

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crewmen flight deck crewmen operations flight operations flight deck aircraft carrier uss forrestal aircraft carrier uss forrestal exercise wind exercise west wind corsair tomcat f 14 a tomcat f 14 a atlantic ocean a 7 e corsair ii aircraft carrier fighter jet aircraft f 14 grumman aerospace corporation high resolution f 14 a tomcat aircraft uss forrestal west wind phan dittmar us navy aircraft carrier deck us national archives