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Caption:
Persian Gulf (Jan. 20, 2005) -- Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Paul
Taylor, assigned to the "Swordsmen" of Fighter Squadron Three Two
(VF-32), runs a system check on the Low Altitude Navigation Targeting
Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) pod in the cockpit of an F-14B Tomcat
during a no-fly day aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry
S. Truman (CVN 75). LANTIRN consists of a targeting and navigational
pod integrated and mounted externally beneath the aircraft and it
significantly increases the combat effectiveness of these aircraft,
allowing them to fly at low altitudes, at night and under-the-weather
to attack ground targets with a variety of precision-guided and
unguided weapons. Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) is embarked aboard
Truman and is providing close air support and conducting intelligence,
surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions over Iraq. The Truman
Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the
Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman
Ricardo J. Reyes (RELEASED)
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