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Caption:
Mediterranean Sea (Apr. 17, 2003) -- An S-3B Viking assigned to the
“Checkmates” of Sea Control Squadron Two Two (VS-22)
launches from one of four steam driven catapults on the flight
deck of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Truman and her embarked
Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) are on deployment 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 Photographer's Mate
Airman Ryan O'Connor. (RELEASED)
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