A US Navy (USN) F/A-18C Hornet fighter aircarft assigned to the Knighthawks of Strike Fighter Squadron 136 (VFA-136) banks to the right as it ignites its countermeasure flares during a test of the system before heading into Afghanistan (AFG), on a Close Air Support (CAS) mission. VFA-136, part of USN Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1), is aboard the USN aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65), which is currently on a scheduled six-month deployment in support of Maritime Security Operations (MSO) and the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Arabian Sea
Scene Camera Operator: LT Peter Scheu, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
1922
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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