A view of a BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile in flight over the Aleutian Chain as seen from a U.S. Navy chase plane. The missile was launched from a surface ship during a fleet exercise in the Northern Pacific and is en route to a target on Kanaga Island. The missile's flight path from launch point to target is more than 500 miles. This is the first launch of a Tomahawk from anywhere other than within an established missile range and the first time it has been fired from a ship on a regular deployment
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- 1986-06-01
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The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Alabama (AL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public
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Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994
- Contributing Institution
- National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures
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- Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
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- Magnetic DiskMagnetic Disk: Hard Drive
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- Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994. A view of a BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile in flight over the Aleutian Chain as seen from a U.S. Navy chase plane. The missile was launched from a surface ship during a fleet exercise in the Northern Pacific and is en route to a target on Kanaga Island. The missile's flight path from launch point to target is more than 500 miles. This is the first launch of a Tomahawk from anywhere other than within an established missile range and the first time it has been fired from a ship on a regular deployment. 1986-06-01. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/6416155. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
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- Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994, (1986-06-01) A view of a BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile in flight over the Aleutian Chain as seen from a U.S. Navy chase plane. The missile was launched from a surface ship during a fleet exercise in the Northern Pacific and is en route to a target on Kanaga Island. The missile's flight path from launch point to target is more than 500 miles. This is the first launch of a Tomahawk from anywhere other than within an established missile range and the first time it has been fired from a ship on a regular deployment. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/6416155
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- Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://catalog.archives.gov/id/6416155>.