050205-N-5345W-060 Persian Gulf (Feb. 5, 2005) Ð Pilots, assigned to the "Desert Ducks" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Two (HC-2), watch from the cockpit of their UH-3H Sea King helicopter prior to lifting off from the flight deck aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87). Mason is conducting operations in the Persian Gulf as a part of Destroyer Squadron Two Six (DESRON 26) and the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Carrier Strike Group (CSG). The Truman CSG and CVW-3 are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Navy photo by Photographe
050205-N-5345W-060 Persian Gulf (Feb. 5, 2005) Ð Pilots, assigned to the "Desert Ducks" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Two (HC-2), watch from the cockpit of their UH-3H Sea King helicopter prior to lifting off from the flight deck aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87). Mason is conducting operations in the Persian Gulf as a part of Destroyer Squadron Two Six (DESRON 26) and the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Carrier Strike Group (CSG). The Truman CSG and CVW-3 are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Kristopher Wilson (RELEASED) US Navy 050205-N-5345W-060 Pilots watch from the cockpit of their UH-3H Sea King helicopter prior to lifting off from the flight deck aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87)
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