Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Lim gives a thumbs up to acknowledge final checks on an aircraft before it catapults from the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) on Feb. 25, 1999. Vinson and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 11 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. Lim is a Navy Aviation Electrician's Mate from San Francisco, Calif.