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An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Four Seven (VFA-147) leaves the deck during flight operations in the Persian Gulf. VFA-147 is part of Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) embarked on board the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). Nimitz and her air wing are on a scheduled deployment to the Persian Gulf in support of UN sanctions against Iraq by enforcing the southern No-Fly Zone over Iraq in support of Operation Southern Watch

An F/A-18C Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Four Seven (VFA-147), launches from the deck of the USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) during sustained flight operations in the Persian Gulf. Nimitz and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) are operating in the Persian Gulf to enforce UN sanctions against Iraq, by patrolling the no-ly zone under operation Southern Watch

An F/A-18C Hornet, from Strike Fighter Squadron One Four Six (VFA-146), assigned to Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) aboard the nuclear aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) leads four Kuwaiti F/A-18s in a fly over of USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) during Operation Eager Archer '97. Nimitz and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) are deployed in the Persian Gulf to enforce UN sanctions against Iraq by enforcing the southern no-fly zone over Iraq under operation Southern Watch

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A F/A-18C Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 147 (VFA-147), launches from the deck of the USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) during sustained flight operations in the Persian Gulf. Nimitz and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) are operating in the Persian Gulf to enforce UN sanctions against Iraq, by patrolling the no-fly zone under operation Southern Watch

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An F/A-18C Hornet aircraft of Strike Fighter Squadron 147 (VFA-147) flies over an oil platform during Operation Southern Watch, a multinational effort establishing a no-fly zone for Iraqi aircraft south of the 32nd parallel in Iraq. The Hornet is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the wing tips and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the wing pylons. VFA-147 is embarked aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68)

An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Four Seven (VFA-147) makes its final approach hook down during flight operations in the Persian Gulf. VFA-147 is part of Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) embarked on board the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). Nimitz and her air wing are on a scheduled deployment to the Persian Gulf in support of UN sanctions against Iraq by enforcing the southern No-Fly Zone over Iraq in support of Operation Southern Watch

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Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH

Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 James Watson

Release Status: Released to Public

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Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion). The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922.

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