On board the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). (Left to Right) Aviation Ordnanceman 1ST Class (AO1) David Brandenburg , USN, AIRMAN Richard Gosselin, USN, and AO1 Frederick Deluca, USN, assigned to the weapons department on board the NIMITZ, assemble the nose section of a laser guided GBU-16 bomb. The NIMITZ and her embarked air wing are currently operating in the Persian Gulf in support of UN sanctions, by patrolling the No-Fly Zone over southern Iraq. Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 10 November 1997. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

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