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Caption:
Persian Gulf (Jan. 18, 2005) -- Lt. James Keating signals crew members
during a testing of the Mobile Visual Landing Aid System (MOVLAS)
during a general quarters flight deck drill aboard the Nimitz-class
aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). MOVLAS is an emergency
signaling system that is used when the primary optical landing system
is rendered inoperative. The MOVLAS system is designed to present glide
slope information to the pilot of an approaching aircraft in the same
visual form presented by the Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System
(FLOLS) mounted on the starboard side of the ship's flight deck.
Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) is embarked aboard Truman and is
providing close air support and conducting intelligence, surveillance
and reconnaissance (ISR) 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 3rd Class Craig R.
Spiering (RELEASED)
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