With the jet blast deflector raised behind it, a U.S. Navy LTV A-7E <i>Corsair II</i> from Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) gets a final check prior to launch from the aircraft carrier USS <i>John F. Kennedy</i> (CV-67) during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is carrying an AGM-62 <i>Walleye</i> television-guided glide bomb.
PH2 WIlliam A. Lipski, USN
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