On board the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73). The nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) comes alongside during dual carrier operations in the narrow waters of the Persian Gulf. With both carriers and their embarked air wings in the region, the US now has some 100 strike aircraft operating independently in the region. NIMITZ and GEORGE WASHINGTON continue to patrol the no-fly zone over Iraq in support of UN sanctions.Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 23 November 1997
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH
Base: USS George Washington (CVN 73)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Sammy Dallal, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
23/11/1997
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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