Caption:
Northern Iraq (Apr. 11, 2003) -- An F-14 Tomcat embarked aboard USS
Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) flies a combat mission in direct support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom. The F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic,
twin-engine, variable sweep wing fighter whose primary missions are air
superiority, fleet air defense, and precision strike against ground
targets. Truman and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3)
are 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. U.S. Navy
photo by Paul Farley. (RELEASED)
|