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Sailors from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) leave the ship in a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat on Aug. 24, 2000, to assist in the recovery of Gulf Air Flight 072, which crashed into the Persian Gulf off the northern coast of Bahrain yesterday. The George Washington, home ported in Norfolk, Va., is in Bahrain on a routine port visit to the gulf island nation. The George Washington Battle Group is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch, which is the U.S. and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq.

Sailors from the USS George Washington (CVN 73) leave the ship to assist in the recovery of Gulf Air Flight 072.

Sailors from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) leave the ship in a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat on Aug. 24, 2000, to assist in the recovery of Gulf Air Flight 072, which crashed into the Persian Gulf off the northern coast of Bahrain yesterday. The George Washington, home ported in Norfolk, Va., is in Bahrain on a routine port visit to the gulf island nation. The George Washington Battle Group is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch, which is the U.S. and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq.

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