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Caption:
Persian Gulf (Jan. 24, 2005) -- A Marine assigned to the "Silver
Eagles" of Marine Strike Fighter Attack Squadron One One Five
(VMFA-115) conducts a preflight check on the tailhook on one of the
squadron's F/A-18 Hornets prior to the start of flight operations on
the flight deck of 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 Ryan O'Connor (RELEASED)
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