A North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) RIM-7M Sea Sparrow radar-guided, air-to-air missile is fired from the Mk 29 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS) onboard the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during a live fire launch exercise. The Washington is completing a regularly scheduled deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM
Base: Uss George Washington (CVN 73)
Scene Major Command Shown: USS Geo. Washington (CVN-73)
Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Jessica Davis, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
21/06/2002
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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