Operation Southern Watch - IF IT FLIES, IT DIES Shirt

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Operation Southern Watch - IF IT FLIES, IT DIES ShirtFrom 1992 to 2003, Operation Southern Watch enforced the UN mandated no fly zone over southern Iraq, keeping Saddam's military aircraft grounded below the 32nd parallel. Day after day, Navy carrier air wings flew combat air patrols out of the Gulf, dodging Iraqi SAMs and AAA with the skill and confidence of aviators who had mastered the threat. Among those who flew, "If It Flies, It Dies" wasn't a boast it was a statement of fact. This shirt honors

USS Independence (CV-62) deployed to the Mediterranean as the United States Navy maintained its critical forward presence following the fall of Saigon

The sight of "Big John" alongside in Boston was a moment of civic pride for the region and a reminder of the bond between the Navy's last conventional supercarrier and the family she honored

When USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) was at sea in 1993

In the Adriatic

Kidd — killed aboard USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7

USS Independence (CVA-62) deployed to the Mediterranean

Decades of Cold War resolve

maintaining the squadron's long legacy of fleet readiness and combat effectiveness

and 38th President of the United States — who served aboard USS Monterey (CVL-26) during World War II

USS America (CVA-66) deployed again in support of Operation Lam Son 719

contributing to the nation's undersea dominance

deployed to the Red Sea for Operation Desert Storm in 1991

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