Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Brian Hurst gives the signal for an SH-60 "Seahawk" helicopter attached to the "Red Lions" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron One Five (HS-15) to launch from the flight deck of USS George Washington (CVN 73). WASHINGTON is operating in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH (OSW). OSW is the mission that enforces the coalition imposed southern "no-fly zone" over Iraq
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH
Base: USS George Washington (CVN 73)
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Nick Magdaleno, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
08/08/2000
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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