An F-14A Tomcat aircraft and an A-6E Intruder aircraft fly out in front of a group of 18 Tomcat aircraft as the fighter and heavy attack squadrons of Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3) and Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17) return to Oceana after being deployed in the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. CVW-3 and CVW-17 were based aboard the aircraft carriers USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) and USS SARATOGA (CV-60), respectively
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELDDESERT STORM
Base: Naval Air Station, Oceana
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Robert Mcroy
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
27/03/1991
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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