030417-N-43080-089 Mediterranean Sea (Apr. 17, 2003) -- An S-3B Viking assigned to the “Checkmates” of Sea Control Squadron Two Two (VS-22) launches from one of four steam driven catapults on the flight deck of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Truman and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) are on deployment conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate


030417-N-43080-089 Mediterranean Sea (Apr. 17, 2003) -- An S-3B Viking assigned to the “Checkmates” of Sea Control Squadron Two Two (VS-22) launches from one of four steam driven catapults on the flight deck of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Truman and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) are on deployment conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Ryan O'Connor. (RELEASED) US Navy 030417-N-4308O-089 An S-3B Viking launches from one of four steam driven catapults on the flight deck of USS Harry S. Truman


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