U.S. Navy pilot receives patch from Croat Lt. Col.
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Pula, Croatia (Oct. 25, 2002) Lt. Rebecca Adams, a pilot assigned to the "Rampagers" of Strike Fighter Squadron Eight Three (VFA- 83), receives an aircraft patch and a squadron patch for her flight jacket from Croat Air Force Lt. Col. Ivan Selak, after her flight in a MiG-21 Fishbed assigned to the Croat Air Force. VFA-83 is part of a detachment from Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17), embarked aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) participating with the Croat Air Force 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 photo by Journalist 2nd Class David Valdez. File# 021025-N-2781V-267
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