050102-N-6363M-006 Persian Gulf (Jan. 2, 2005) Ð Plane captain Airman Aquilla Young, assigned to the ÒCheckmatesÓ of Sea Control Squadron Two Two (VS-22), washes an Aerial Refueling Store (ARS) installed on an S-3B Viking aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The Aerial Refueling Store (ARS) is a combination external fuel tank and hose reel used for aerial refueling operations. Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) embarked aboard Truman is providing close air support and conducting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions over Iraq. The Truman Strike Gr


050102-N-6363M-006 Persian Gulf (Jan. 2, 2005) Ð Plane captain Airman Aquilla Young, assigned to the ÒCheckmatesÓ of Sea Control Squadron Two Two (VS-22), washes an Aerial Refueling Store (ARS) installed on an S-3B Viking aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The Aerial Refueling Store (ARS) is a combination external fuel tank and hose reel used for aerial refueling operations. Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) embarked aboard Truman is providing close air support and conducting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions over Iraq. The Truman Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate Airman Philip V. Morrill (RELEASED) US Navy 050102-N-6363M-006 Plane captain Airman Aquilla Young washes an Aerial Refueling Store (ARS) installed on an S-3B Viking


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