Navy EA-6B Prowlers, F/A Hornets and F-14 Tomcats are given preflight checks by their plane captains on the flight deck of the USS Independence (CV 62) while the ship operates in the Persian Gulf on March 3, 1998. Independence and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 5 are on station in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch which is the and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq.

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