Four S-3 Vikings from Carrier-Based Antisubmarine Squadron Twenty-Two (VS-22), "Checkmates", fly in formation over USS Stethem (DDG 63) during a training exercise. The Checkmates are part of Carrier Airwing Three currently embarked on board USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). 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
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH
Country: Unknown
Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Christopher B. Stoltz, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
11/03/2001
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The U.S. National Archives
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