Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class Beau Baucas fills a magazine on an F/A-18 Hornet from Marine Strike Fighter Squadron Three One Two (VMFA-312), "Checkerboards", on the flight deck of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) prior to launch operations. 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
20/03/2001
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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