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Aviation ordnancemen load an AIM-9 Sidewinder short range missile on 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. 10, 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 Chris D. Howell, U.S. Navy.)
| Date Taken: | 02.09.1998 |
| Date Posted: | 07.27.2025 11:43 |
| Photo ID: | 9208219 |
| VIRIN: | 980210-A-RH412-6630 |
| Resolution: | 2100x1464 |
| Size: | 1.59 MB |
| Location: | USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62), ARABIAN GULF |
| Web Views: | 8 |
| Downloads: | 1 |
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