Aviation Structural Mechanic (Hydraulics) Second Class Thomas Phillips tightens rivets on a stabilizer of an F/A-18 Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron Thirty-Seven (VFA-37), "Bulls", in the hangar bay aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) as part of routine maintenance to the aircraft. TRUMAN is on station 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 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
19/02/2001
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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