US Navy Aviation Ordnanceman AIRMAN Apprentice (AOAA) Michael Larson charges a nitrogen tank designed to cool the seeker head of an AIM-9 Sidewinder short range, IR (infrared) air to air missile aboard the conventional aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). The INDEPENDENCE is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 10 February1998. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62)

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