Keywords: US Navy 021029-N-1955P-020 Navy aircraft participate in Joint Wings 2002.jpg en Pula Croatia -- An F-14 Tomcat fighter assigned to the Jolly Rogers of Fighter Squadron One Zero Three VF-103 leads a formation comprised of F/A-18 Hornet strike fighters from the Blue Blasters of VFA-34 the Sunliners of VFA-81 and the Rampagers of VFA-83 U S aircraft belong to Carrier Air Wing Seventeen CVW-17 currently embarked on board Two Croat MiG-21 Fishbed fighter-interceptors flank the each side of the formation U S Navy aviation squadrons assigned to Carrier Air Wing Seventeen CVW-17 have sent a detachment to Croatia in order to participate in Joint Wings 2002 Joint Wings is a multinational exercise between the U S and the Croat Air Force designed to practice intelligence gathering George Washington is homeported in Norfolk Va and is nearing the end of a scheduled six month deployment after completing combat missions in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Southern Watch U S Navy photograph by CAPT Dana Potts RELEASED 021029-N-1955P-020 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 3072 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy F/A-18C Hornet in flight Aircraft formation flight of F-14B Tomcat Aerial photographs of F-14 Tomcat in flight Strike Fighter Squadron 34 United States Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 83 United States Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 81 United States Navy MiG-21 in Croatian service Fighter Squadron 103 United States Navy Joint Wings 2002 October 2002 photographs Strike Fighter Squadron 103 United States Navy |