A flight deck handler aboard the aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV 62) is engulfed in steam as he directs an F/A-18 Hornet to the catapult for launch while the ship operates in the Persian Gulf on Feb. 11, 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 Petty Officer 2nd Class Felix Garza, U.S. Navy.)
| Date Taken: | 02.10.1998 |
| Date Posted: | 07.27.2025 11:44 |
| Photo ID: | 9208228 |
| VIRIN: | 980211-D-D0439-8748 |
| Resolution: | 2100x1500 |
| Size: | 995.23 KB |
| Location: | USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62), ARABIAN GULF |
| Web Views: | 25 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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