A team of aviation ordnancemen cradle an AIM-7 Sparrow medium range air-to-air missile as they load onto an F/A-18 Hornet on the flight deck of the USS Independence (CV 62) while the ship operates in the Persian Gulf on Feb. 7, 1998. Independence and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 5 are on station in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch which is the U.S. and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq.
(DoD photo by Airman Brian J. Hoosack, U.S. Navy.)
| Date Taken: | 02.06.1998 |
| Date Posted: | 07.27.2025 11:43 |
| Photo ID: | 9208206 |
| VIRIN: | 980207-D-D0439-7275 |
| Resolution: | 1772x1342 |
| Size: | 1.13 MB |
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