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A US Navy (USN) F-14B Tomcat aircraft assigned to Fighter Squadron Three Two (VF-32) launches from the flight deck of the USN Nimitz Class: Aircraft Carrier, USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75), as aircraft assigned to embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW -3) provide close air support and conduct Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions, in the Persian Gulf, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Navy (USN) F-14B Tomcat fighter, Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32), Swordsmen, NAS Oceana, Virginia (VA), about to touchdown on the flightdeck aboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75) during aircraft recovery operations. Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3) embarked aboard the TRUMAN to provide close air support (CAS) and conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance over Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The TRUMAN Carrier Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism

On board the US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75), a (green shirt) Catapult Operator observe as two F/A-18C Hornet aircraft, assigned to the "Gunslingers" of Strike Fighter Squadron 105 (VFA-105), launch from the flight deck. The TRUMAN and embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3) are currently underway in the Persian Gulf providing close air support and conducting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Navy (USN) F-14B Tomcat aircraft, assigned to the "Swordsmen" of Fighter Squadron Three Two (VF-32), launches off the Nimitz Class: Aircraft Carrier, USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN-75 for the last time during Carrier Air Wing Three's (CVW-3) preparations for flight operations, as the ship participates in a Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) in the Atlantic Ocean

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Maintenance Crew member assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron One One Five (VMFA-115), performs maintenance to the wing of a USMC F/A-18A Hornet aircraft spotted inside the hangar deck of the USN Nimitz Class: Aircraft Carrier, USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75). The aircraft of embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW -3) are providing close air support and conducting Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions, in the Persian Gulf, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Navy (USN) F-14B Tomcat aircraft assigned to the 'Swordsmen', of Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32), launches from the waist catapults as another Tomcat aircraft prepares to launch from the port side bow catapult on the flight deck of the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75). The TRUMAN and embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3) are currently underway in the Persian Gulf on a six-month deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism

A US Navy (USN) Plane Captain assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Five (VFA-105,) the "Gunslingers," signals to the pilot of an USN F/A-18 Hornet aircraft during the pre-launch inspection aboard the USN NIMITZ CLASS: Aircraft Carrier USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75). CVN 75 and Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) are currently on a six-month deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Navy (USN) Yellow Shirt Catapult Officer, holds his position while launching one of the last F-14B Tomcats aircraft, assigned to the "Swordsmen" of FIGHTER Squadron Three Two (VF-32), from the flight deck of the Nimitz Class: Aircraft Carrier, USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN-75). The current underway-period marks the final time the F-14 Tomcat will take part in flight operations while embarked aboard the Truman. VF-32 will shortly begin the process of transitioning to the newer F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft

A US Navy (USN) F-14B Tomcat, Fighter Squadron Three Two (VF-32, Swordsmen), Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3), embarked onboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75), is aerial refueled by a California Air National Guard (CAANG) KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft, 163rd Air Refueling Wing (ARW), March Air Reserve Base (ARB), California (CA), during a combat mission over Iraq (IRQ) in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Two US Navy (USN) Plane Captains conduct the final pre-launch check on a F-14B Tomcat aircraft assigned to Fighter Squadron Three Two (VF-32), before the aircraft launches from the flight deck of the USN Nimitz Class: Aircraft Carrier, USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75), as aircraft assigned to embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW -3) provide close air support and conducting Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions, in the Persian Gulf, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Ryan O'Connor, Usn

Release Status: Released to Public

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