An Aviation Ordnanceman clears the safety pin from the wing mounted AIM-9 "Sidewinder" air-to-air missile prior to the launch of an F-18 "Hornet. " The USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) and its embarked carrier air wing are participating in air strikes in the former Yugoslavia in support of NATO Operation Allied Force
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE
Country: Adriatic Sea
Scene Camera Operator: Ph1 Dennis D. Taylor
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
14/04/1999
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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