| May 9, 1998 (Right) -- VS-21's
Lt Gregg Collins from Davenport, IA and VF-154's Lt Dan Baxter from North Port, AL assume
the duties of the LSO aboard the aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV 62). Independence
is forward deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. Photo by
U. S. Navy Photographer's Mate Airman John Sullivan.
May 9, 1998 (Below) -- VFA-192 , Golden Dragons' Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Joel Oden from Monroe, LA loads a F-18C Hornet with one thousand pound bomb aboard the aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV 62). Independence is forward deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. Photo by U. S. Navy Photographer's Mate Airman Chris Howell.
May 9, 1998 (Below) -- USNS Saturn (T-AFS 10) comes along side of the aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV 62) for a vertical replenishment (VertRep). Independence is forward deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. Photo by U. S. Navy Photographer's Mate Airman Chris Howell.
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 May 9, 1998 (Left) -- A S-3B Viking of VS-21 catapults off the aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV 62). Independence is forward deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. Photo by U. S. Navy Photographer's Mate Airman John Sullivan.
May 9, 1998 (Above) -- Ordnancemen wait on the flight deck to receive three one thousand pound bombs aboard the aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV 62). Independence is forward deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. Photo by U. S. Navy Photographer's Mate Airman Chris Howell.
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