File:SH-3H HS-17 and AIM-9Ls on deck of USS Coral Sea (CV-43) 1986.jpeg

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Description U.S. Navy ordnancemen transport AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles across the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CV-43) on 29 January 1986. In the background is a Sikorsky SH-3H Sea King (BuNo 149735) of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron HS-17 "Neptune's Raiders". HS-17 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 13 (CVW-13) aboard the Coral Sea for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 1 October 1985 to 19 May 1986.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.022.052
Author U.S. Navy

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