Migration
Gulf of Oman, 1990
Stars and Stripes
May 20, 2021
Rob Jagodzinski ©Stars and StripesAboard the USS Fife, November, 1990: A crewman guides an SH-3 Sea King helicopter onto the fantail of the destroyer USS Fife in the Gulf of Oman. The Fife, part of the USS Midway Battle Group from Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan, was spotting and intercepting commercial ships in enforcing the U.N. embargo of Iraq during the weeks leading up to the 1991 Gulf War.
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