Caption:
The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 25, 2003) -- An S-3B Viking assigned to the "Red
Griffins" of Sea Control Squadron Thirty Eight (VS-38) conducts routine
missions from aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV
64). For the first time in thirty years of service the S-3B
Viking engaged targets with precision-guided missiles. Constellation
and Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) are conducting combat missions in
support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the
multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate
Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam
Hussein. U.S. Navy photo. (RELEASED)
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