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An ordnanceman prepares to load AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, foreground, and Mark 82 500 lb. bombs on an Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair II aircraft. The Corsair, based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67), will be used to make strikes against Iraqi targets during Operation Desert Storm.

An ordnanceman prepares to load AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, foreground, and Mark 82 500 lb. bombs on an Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair II aircraft. The Corsair, based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67), will be used to make strikes against Iraqi targets during Operation Desert Storm.

An ordnanceman prepares to load AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, foreground, and Mark 82 500 lb. bombs on an Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair II aircraft. The Corsair, based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67), will be used to make strikes against Iraqi targets during Operation Desert Storm.

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