An F/A-18C Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron Eight Six (VFA-86) launches from the flight deck. USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) and Carrier Air Wing One (CVW1) are deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of UN sanctions against Iraq under Operation Southern Watch
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH
Base: USS George Washington (CVN 73)
Country: At Sea
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Erik Kenney
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
06/02/1998
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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