Caption:
Central Command Area of Operation (Nov. 1, 2002) -- Lt. Cmdr. Gilbert
Hageman, a pilot assigned to the "Screaming Eagles" of Patrol Squadron
One (VP-1), monitors the gauges aboard a P-3C Orion during a
routine mission. The Orion is a land-based, long-range,
anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and reconnaissance patrol aircraft.
VP-1 is homeported at Whidbey Island, Wash., and is on a regularly
scheduled six-month deployment, conducting missions in support of
Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by
Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg. (RELEASED)
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