The Virginian-Pilot
                            THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, September 22, 1996            TAG: 9609220023
SECTION: FRONT                   PAGE: A1   EDITION: FINAL 
                                            LENGTH:   16 lines

ENTERPRISE ON PATROL OFF IRAQ

ILLUSTRATION: ASSOCIATED PRESS color photos

Top, sailors carry an AIM-9M ``Sidewinder'' air-to-air missile on

the deck of the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier Enterprise. Above, a

flight deck director guides an aircraft on the Enterprise. Aircraft

from the carrier have begun patrolling the no-fly zone over Iraq,

armed and ready to retaliate if fired upon. Story on Page A19.

KEYWORDS: IRAQ PERSIAN GULF U.S. NAVY by CNB