US Navy (USN) Aviation Boatswains Mate 2nd Class (AB2) Luis Martinez gives the thumbs-up to signify that the number one steam-powered catapult is clear prior to launching an F-18C Hornet, Strike Fighter Squadron 105 (VFA-105 Gunslingers), Carrier Strike Group 10 (CSG-10), Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW 3), from the flight deck of the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS HARRY S TRUMAN (CVN 75) to provide Close Air Support (CAS) and conduct intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions over Iraq in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)
Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Ryan O'Connor, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
10/12/2004
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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