opération désert storm

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--- Message Posté sur l'ancien forum le 22/01/2006 ---

FOR THE FUN:
une partie de navire (timonerie du A630 MARNE) et une infime partie de l'équipage (2 belges: Hellemans et Tillmanns, Michel et Michel, CPC et MTR, Ce jour-là on était les seuls à travailler)

En 1991 à l'hotel Tajmahal à Bombay durant une escale avec le BCR Marne. Je suis au milieu. A ma droite, l'Amiral Herteller et à ma gauche, le CPC Hellemans

Ah 1991, c'était le bon temps où notre force navale pouvait encore envoyer 5 bâtiments en missions dans le Golfe

A-t-on seulement 5 batiments opérationnels aujourd'hui?

A BGM-109 Tomahawk Land-Attack Missile (TLAM) is launched toward a target in Iraq from the port side Mark 143 Armored Box Launcher (ABL) on the stern of the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS Mississippi (CGN 40) during Operation Desert Storm.



While en route from the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) to targets in Iraq and Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm, five A-7E Corsair aircraft from Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) and an A-6E Intruder aircraft from Attack Squadron 75 (VA-75) rendezvous with a KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft for in-flight refueling. The A-7E aircraft third from the top is carrying AGM-88 HARM high-speed anti-radiation missiles; the others carry Mark 83 1000-pound bombs and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles.

Ten ships of Task Force 155 gather during Operation Desert Storm. Leading the formation at left is the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV 60), flanked by the guided missile cruisers USS San Jacinto (CG 56), top, and USS Thomas S. Gates (CG 51). At center is the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS Mississippi (CGN 40) flanked by the aircraft carriers USS America (CV 66), top, and USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67). At rear are, from top, the guided missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 46), the guided missile cruisers USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) and USS Normandy (CG 60) and the guided missile destroyer USS William V. Pratt (DDG 44).



An Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair aircraft heads for its target in Iraq with a load of eight Mark 82 500-pound bombs during Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft is also armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on its fuselage cheek-position point. VA-72 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) in the Red Sea