Caption:
Persian Gulf (Jan. 21, 2005) -- Lt. Zachary Kirby, a pilot assigned to
the "Checkmates" of Sea Control Squadron Two Two (VS-22), watches from
the cockpit of his S-3B Viking as Sailors on the flight deck try to
determine the cause of a wing malfunction responsible for delaying the
aircraft's launch aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Carrier Air Wing
Three (CVW-3) is embarked aboard Truman and 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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