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Marine Sargeant Frank Card lifts up the forward landing gear while routine maintenance is performed on the hydraulic system of an F/A-18 Hornet from Marine Strike Fighter Squadron Three One Two (VMFA-312), "Checkerboards", on board USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). TRUMAN is on station in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH establishes a southern no fly zone over Iraq and extends to the borders to just south of Baghdad, capital city of Iraq

Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class Beau Baucas fills a magazine on an F/A-18 Hornet from Marine Strike Fighter Squadron Three One Two (VMFA-312), "Checkerboards", on the flight deck of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) prior to launch operations. TRUMAN is on station in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH establishes a southern no fly zone over Iraq and extends to the borders to just south of Baghdad, capital city of Iraq

Four S-3 Vikings from Carrier-Based Antisubmarine Squadron Twenty-Two (VS-22), "Checkmates", fly in formation over USS Stethem (DDG 63) during a training exercise. The Checkmates are part of Carrier Airwing Three currently embarked on board USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). TRUMAN is on station in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH establishes a southern no fly zone over Iraq and extends to the borders to just south of Baghdad, capital city of Iraq

A F/A-18 Hornet from Marine Strike Fighter Squadron Three One Two (VMFA-312), "Checkerboards", launches from the flight deck of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during night flight operations in support of OSW. TRUMAN is on station in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH (OSW). OSW is the mission that enforces the coalition imposed southern "no-fly zone" over Iraq

A group of S-3 Vikings from Carrier-Based Antisubmarine Squadron Twenty-Two (VS-22), "Checkmates", fly in formation over USS Stethem (DDG 63) during a training exercise. The Checkmates are part of Carrier Airwing Three currently embarked on board USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) for a six-month deployment. TRUMAN is on station in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH establishes a southern no fly zone over Iraq and extends to the borders to just south of Baghdad, capital city of Iraq

Lieutenant Commander Chris "Ward" Schenck keeps an eye on surrounding S-3 Vikings from Carrier-Based Antisubmarine Squadron Twenty-Two (VS-22), "Checkmates", while flying in formation with them over the flight deck of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during a training exercise. TRUMAN is on station in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH establishes a southern no fly zone over Iraq and extends to the borders to just south of Baghdad, capital city of Iraq

A S-3 Viking from Carrier Antisubmarine Warfare Squadron Two-Two (VS-22), "Checkmates", flies over the Arabian Gulf in support of a mission to enforce the southern Iraq " No Fly Zone." The squadron is currently embarked on board USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). TRUMAN is on station in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

Marine GUNNERY Sargeant Ernesto Cano and Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class Beau Baucus fill a magazine of a M61A1 20mm automatic gun system on an F/A-18 Hornet from Marine Strike Fighter Squadron Three One Two (VMFA-312), "Checkerboards", on the flight deck of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). TRUMAN is on station in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH establishes a southern no fly zone over Iraq and extends to the borders to just south of Baghdad, capital city of Iraq

Four S-3 Vikings from Carrier-Based Antisubmarine Squadron Twenty-Two (VS-22), "Checkmates", fly in formation over USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during a training exercise. TRUMAN is on station in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH establishes a southern no fly zone over Iraq and extends to the borders to just south of Baghdad, capital city of Iraq

Marine Sergeant Frank Card lifts up the forward landing gear while a shipmate checks the hydraulic system on an F/A-18 Hornet from Marine Strike Fighter Squadron Three One Two (VMFA-312), "Checkerboards", on board USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). TRUMAN is on station in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH establishes a southern no fly zone over Iraq and extends to the borders to just south of Baghdad, capital city of Iraq

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Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH

Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

Scene Camera Operator: PH3 John L. Beeman, USN

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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MASTER SGT. Plonski, boom operator on the KC-135 from the 146th Air Refueling Squadron, 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Air National Guard waits for the arrival of an F/A-18 Hornet, from the VFA-151 Fighter Attack Wing, Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, to be begin aerial refueling during Roving Sands '96, the US military's largest annual joint air defense training exercise

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Nichole Sterling a Inbound Cargo SPECIALIST from the 52nd Transportation Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, fills a metal crate with incoming cargo at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. SRA Sterling is part of the coalition forces of the 363d Air Expeditionary Wing that enforce the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq to protect and defend against Iraqi aggression in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

US Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade Tara "Judy" Golden monitors a surveillance system inside an E-2C Hawkeye aircraft from Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One two Six (VAW-126) while patrolling the skies of the Persian Gulf on the last day of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. The Seahawks are embarked on board USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75)

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US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) Jennifer Kimmet, a Flight Nurse assigned to the 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES), Pope Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina, fits her oxygen mask, while STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) John Turner, a Medical Technician hangs litter straps inside a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft from the 153rd Airlift Squadron (AS), Wyoming Air National Guard (ANG), Cheyenne, Wyoming, at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

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