Caption:
The Mediterranean Sea (Mar. 27, 2003) -- An S-3 Viking assigned to the
"Checkmates" of Sea Control Squadron Two-Two (VS-22) launches from the
flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
Truman and Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) are deployed 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 Carl E Gibson. (RELEASED)
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