A US Navy F-14 Tomcat (left) and an F/A-18C Hornet (right) are directed onto one of four steam driven catapults prior to launch. The nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) are conducting sustained operations in the Persian Gulf in support of UN sanctions again Iraq. Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 4 February 1998. A US Navy F-14 Tomcat (left) and an F/A-18C Hornet (right) are directed onto one of four steam driven catapults prior to launch. The nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Nine (CV


A US Navy F-14 Tomcat (left) and an F/A-18C Hornet (right) are directed onto one of four steam driven catapults prior to launch. The nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) are conducting sustained operations in the Persian Gulf in support of UN sanctions again Iraq. Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 4 February 1998. A US Navy F-14 Tomcat (left) and an F/A-18C Hornet (right) are directed onto one of four steam driven catapults prior to launch. The nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) are conducting sustained operations in the Persian Gulf in support of UN sanctions again Iraq. Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 4 February 1998.


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