Caption:
Persian Gulf (Dec. 26, 2004) -- Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class
Jose Flores signals to have an F/A-18 Hornet move forward to allow the
aircraft's launch bar to drop into the catapult shuttle prior to
launching from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS
Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) embarked
aboard Truman is providing close air support and conducting
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance 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 Kristopher Wilson (RELEASED)
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