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Aviation ordnancemen use teamwork and brute strength to load an AIM-9M Sidewinder.
Aviation ordnancemen from Fighter Squadron 32 use teamwork and brute strength to load an AIM-9M Sidewinder missile onto an F-14 Tomcat on 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 U.S. and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq. The Tomcat belongs to Fighter Squadron 32, Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.