A United States Navy pilot from Fighter Squadron One Zero Two (VF-102) gives his F-14B "Tomcat" a pre flight inspection. The nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) and her embarked Carrier Air Wing One (CVW1) are operating in the Persian Gulf to support UN sanctions against Iraq. Operation Southern Watch, 2 February 1998. (Duplicate image, see also DNSD0003412 or search 980202N2302H003)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH
Base: USS George Washington (CVN 73)
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Joseph Hendricks, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
02/02/1998
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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