Operation Enduring Freedom

WAX2002103002 - Arabian Gulf, Oct. 30 (UPI) - Aviation Antisubmarine Warfare Operator 1st Class Richard Smith, assigned to the "Screaming Eagles" of Patrol Squadron One, studies a Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardizatio aviation flight manual, while conducting a reconnaissance mission over the Arabian Gulf in a P-3C ÒOrion.Ó The P-3C is a land-based, long-range, anti-submarine warfare and reconnaissance patrol aircraft. VP-1 is based in Whidbey Island, Wash., and is on a regularly scheduled six-month deployment to the Middle East, conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. CC/USN/Michael Sandberg UPI