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Persian Gulf (Jan. 24, 2005) -- Aircraft Shooters watch from inside the Integrated Catapult Control System (ICCS), the "Bubble", while an F/A-18A+ Hornet assigned to the "Silver Eagles" of Marine Strike Fighter Attack Squadron One One Five (VMFA-115) launch down one of the four steam-powered catapults aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) is embarked aboard Harry S. Truman and is providing close air support and conducting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions over Iraq. The Truman Carrier Strike Group and CVW-3 are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Kristopher Wilson (RELEASED)

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F/A-18
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