A yellow-shirted plane director guides a Navy F/A 18 Hornet onto Catapult Four in preparation for launching off the flight deck of the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) as the aircraft carrier operates in the Persian Gulf on Dec. 1, 1998. Enterprise and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 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. The Hornet belongs to Strike Fighter Squadron 105, Naval Air Station Cecil Field, Fla.

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