ARABIAN SEA: AFTER A DAY OF RESUPPLYING AND PRACTISING ON THE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS USS CARL VINSON AND USS ENTREPRISE FIGHTER JETS RESUME DAYLIGHT MISSIONS ON AFGHANISTAN

Record ID: 189776

  • Title: ARABIAN SEA: AFTER A DAY OF RESUPPLYING AND PRACTISING ON THE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS USS CARL VINSON AND USS ENTREPRISE FIGHTER JETS RESUME DAYLIGHT MISSIONS ON AFGHANISTAN
  • Date: 12th October 2001
  • Summary: (W7) ARABIAN SEA (OCTOBER 12, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. CU MAST OF USS CARL VINSON 0.06 2. PAN TO SUPPLY SHIP USS NIAGARA FALLS 0.11 3. TV CREW ABOARD SUPPLY SHIP 0.14 4. WIDE OF USS NIAGARA FALLS 0.22 5. TV GV HELICOPTER ON DECK 0.28 6. TV CREW 0.34 7. CU RADAR 0.43 8. TV LV HELICOPTER ON DECK OF USS NIAGARA FALLS 0.55 9. TV MV HELICOPTER TAKING OFF 1.17 (W7) ARABIAN SEA (OCTOBER 12, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 10. SV MAN RAISING THE US FLAG ON THE USS CARL VINSON 1.47 11. AIR VIEW HELICOPTER IN THE AIR 1.51 12. TV LV F-18 PLANE TAXIING 2.06 13. TV SLV CREWMAN ON DECK GIVING SIGNALS; MV OTHER CREWMEN CROUCHING ON DECK (2 SHOTS) 2.19 14. MV PILOT IN COCKPIT 2.25 15. TV SLV F-18 TAKING OFF 2.31 16. AIR VIEW A-6 IN THE AIR 2.36 17. AIR VIEW TWO F-18s IN THE AIR 2.41 18. TRACK A-6 LANDING 2.52 19. TRACK F-18 LANDING; TRACK OTHER F-18 LANDING (2 SHOTS) 3.16 (W5) ARABIAN SEA (12 OCTOBER, 2001) (REUTERS (A)-ACCESS ALL) 20. WIDE USS ENTERPRISE 3.21 21. SLV AMERICAN FLAG 3.24 22. TRACK F-14 AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF 3.34 23. MV LANDING MONITOR STAFF ON DECK 3.37 24. SV/CU CREWMEN WRITING "THE BIG E" (NICKNAME OF THE USS ENTERPRISE) ON BOMB (2 SHOTS) 3.46 25. MVS LIFTING BOMB ONTO PLANE (2 SHOTS) 3.53 (W5) ARABIAN SEA (13 OCTOBER, 2001) (REUTERS (A)-ACCESS ALL) 26. MVS CREWMAN MOVING BOMB TO PLANE (2 SHOTS) 4.01 27. SVS CREWMEN RESTING ON DECK 4.11 28. TRACK F-14 AIRCRAFT LANDING 4.23 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 27th October 2001 13:00
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  • Location: ARABIAN SEA
  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA9HI156VGX3GKYAQ5JL9I5N73O
  • Story Text: After a day of resupplying and practicing on the U.S.

    aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, the fighter jets resumed
    daylight missions on Afghanistan.



    Fighter jets resumed daylight missions on Saturday
    (October 13) from the the USS Carl Vinson circling off
    Pakistan in the northern Arabian Sea, carrying deadly cluster
    bombs for use against tanks and enemy personnel in
    Afghanistan.

    Aboard the USS Carl Vinson, officers said air superiority
    was allowing U.S. planes to drop deadly cluster bombs against
    tanks and enemy forces.

    Planes carried heavy munitions, including GPS and laser
    guided smart bombs, both designed to hit targets with pinpoint
    accuracy.

    Friday (October 12) was used as a day to rest, resupply,
    refuel and practice. A resupplying ship called the USS Niagara
    Falls had a helicopter on board that delivered all the goods.

    Heavily armed F18 and F14 aircraft have been taking off
    from the Carl Vinson and from the USS enterprise for the past
    week as the US air campaign against targets in Afghanistan
    continued.

    On the USS Carl Vinson as on the USS Enterprise the US
    flag was clearly visible. The flag became a symbol of American
    pride and defiance following the September 11 attacks in which
    hijacked planes rammed into the World Trade Centre towers in
    New York and a wing of the Pentagon near Washington.



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