021024-N-2781V-595 Pula, Croatia (Oct. 24, 2002) -- An F-14B "Tomcat" assigned to the Fighter Squadron One Zero Three (VF-103) "Jolly Rogers" takes off from the runway at the Croatian Air Force base near Pula, Croatia. VF-103 is part of a detachment from Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17), embarked aboard of USS George Washington (CVN 73) participating with the Croat Air Force in Joint Wings 2002. Joint Wings is a multinational exercise between the and the Croat Air Force designed to practice intelligence gathering. George Washington is homeported in Norfolk, Va., and is nearing the en


021024-N-2781V-595 Pula, Croatia (Oct. 24, 2002) -- An F-14B "Tomcat" assigned to the Fighter Squadron One Zero Three (VF-103) "Jolly Rogers" takes off from the runway at the Croatian Air Force base near Pula, Croatia. VF-103 is part of a detachment from Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17), embarked aboard of USS George Washington (CVN 73) participating with the Croat Air Force in Joint Wings 2002. Joint Wings is a multinational exercise between the and the Croat Air Force designed to practice intelligence gathering. George Washington is homeported in Norfolk, Va., and is nearing the end of a scheduled six-month deployment after completing combat missions in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Southern Watch. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class David Valdez. (RELEASED) 021024-N-2781V-595 by navalsafetycenter


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