An F-14 Hornet from Fighter Squadron Thirty-Two (VF-32), "Swordsmen", launches from a waist catapult on the flight deck of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) with a banner in tow to be used for a target 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
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH
Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 H. Dwain Willis, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
11/03/2001
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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