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A close-up view of the markings on the side of an Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair aircraft parked on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67). The markings include an accounting of the number of combat missions flown by the aircraft's pilot during Operation Desert Storm and the number of general-purpose bombs, cluster bombs and anti-radiation missiles and television-guided bombs dropped or fired during those missions
A close-up view of the markings painted beneath the cockpit of a Marine Attack Squadron 231 (VMA-231) AV-8B Harrier aircraft on display at the 1991 Department of Defense Joint Services Open House. The ace of spades at left is VMA-231's squadron emblem. At right, "Free Kuwait" is written in Arabic above a bomb representing the 61 missions flown by the aircraft's pilot during Operation Desert Storm
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM
Base: Andrews Air Force Base
State: Maryland (MD)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
10/05/1991
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