Desert Shield: flight operations, USS Saratoga
1990s - Desert Shield: Flight Operations, USS Saratoga - Fighter Jets Take-Off
A-6E Intruder fighter jet (wings unfolding) being catapulted off flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Saratoga; fighter jets parked on flight deck; fighter jet takes off adjacent to USS Saratoga. F/A-18 Hornet jet fighter taxiing to catapult being prepped for takeoff from carrier by flight deck crew, then catapulted off deck; fighter jets parked on flight deck; fighter jet takes off adjacent to USS Saratoga.
1990s - Desert Shield: Flight Operations, USS Saratoga - Fighter Jets Take-Off
F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet taxiing to catapult being prepped for takeoff from USS Saratoga by flight crew, then catapulted off deck, allowing for the deflector to lower and next fighter jet in queue to taxi; fighter jets parked on flight deck; fighter jet takes off adjacent to USS Saratoga. POV of adult Caucasian female, wearing noise-cancelling headphones, taking photographs of flight deck operations from level above flight deck.
1990s - Desert Shield: Flight Operations, USS Saratoga - Airplanes and Helicopters
E-2C Hawkeye tactical warning surveillance airplane landing on flight deck of aircraft carrier; one member of the adult Caucasian male flight deck crew talking with each other by parked fighter jets leaves and provides hand signals to landed plane. Silhouette of SH-3D helicopter parked on flight deck with sunset in BG; engine turns on, propellers spin. Wide view of SH-3D helicopter flying over water, past setting sun. Aerial of the USS Saratoga turning. Low, circling aerials of USS Saratoga; parked fighter jets and airplanes on flight deck.
1990s - Desert Shield: Flight Operations, USS Saratoga - USS Saratoga and John F. Kennedy
Aerials of USS Saratoga and USS John F. Kennedy sailing Persian Gulf together. Aerial tracking shot of E-2C Hawkeye surveillance airplane landing on flight deck of USS Saratoga.