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Aviation ordnancemen load an F-14 Tomcat with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) on Dec. 17, 1998, in preparation for a second wave of attacks against Iraq during Operation Desert Fox. Enterprise and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 are operating in the Persian Gulf in support of Desert Fox.

Aviation ordnancemen load an F-14 Tomcat with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile.

Aviation ordnancemen load an F-14 Tomcat with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) on Dec. 17, 1998, in preparation for a second wave of attacks against Iraq during Operation Desert Fox. Enterprise and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 are operating in the Persian Gulf in support of Desert Fox.

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