An F/A-18 Hornet snaps to a halt after a tail-hook on the flight deck of USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) while underway in the Arabian Gulf. The ship is in the gulf as part of an SWA build-up of forces in reaction to Iraq's refusal of U.N. sponsored weapon's inspections

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An F/A-18 Hornet snaps to a halt after a tail-hook on the flight deck of USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) while underway in the Arabian Gulf. The ship is in the gulf as part of an SWA build-up of forces in reaction to Iraq's refusal of U.N. sponsored weapon's inspections

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Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Country: Unknown

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Jeffrey Viano

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Date

08/03/1998

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Location

Google Map of 26.7505337, 51.6834275

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Source

The U.S. National Archives

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https://catalog.archives.gov/

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