041226-N-5345W-084 (Persian Gulf) On board USS Harry S. Truman A final checker assigned to the "Gunslingers" of Fighter Attack Squadron (VFA) 105 performs some final pre-launch checks on a Gunslinger F/A-18C Hornet prior to the aircraft being put into tension on one of the waist catapults on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman(CVN 75). Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 is embarked aboard USS Harry S. Truman and is providing close air support and conducting intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions over Iraq. The USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike
041226-N-5345W-084 (Persian Gulf) On board USS Harry S. Truman A final checker assigned to the "Gunslingers" of Fighter Attack Squadron (VFA) 105 performs some final pre-launch checks on a Gunslinger F/A-18C Hornet prior to the aircraft being put into tension on one of the waist catapults on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman(CVN 75). Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 is embarked aboard USS Harry S. Truman and is providing close air support and conducting intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions over Iraq. The USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group and CVW-3 are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. US Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Kristopher Wilson. (Released by HST Public Affairs) US Navy 041226-N-5345W-084 A Sailor assigned to the Gunslingers of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Five (VFA-105), performs final pre-launch checks on one of his squadron's F-A-18C Hornets
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