The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, October 17, 1994               TAG: 9410170083
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A5   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   20 lines

A SHOW OF FORCE IN THE PERSIAN GULF

ILLUSTRATION: ASSOCIATED PRESS

Lt. Jeff Lewis, with the VFA-131 Wildcats, prepares to take off in

his F/A-18C Hornet strike fighter from the Norfolk-based aircraft

carrier George Washington in the Persian Gulf on Sunday. The carrier

is the base for flights enforcing a no-fly zone over southern Iraq.

Iraqi troops seem to be withdrawing, but two brigades remain near

the Kuwaiti border.

by CNB