Aviation ordnancemen from Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) arm one of their squadron's A-7E Corsair aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) during Operation Desert Shield. At left, a sailor installs an arming wire on a Mark 82 500-pound bomb; the sailor beside him is setting the arming delay time on the fuse of another 500-pound bomb. In the background, ordnancemen lift an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile up to the aircraft's fuselage cheek-position point. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Red Sea

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