DescriptionUS Navy 050112-N-5345W-074 Aviation Ordnancemen prepare to load 500-pound laser guided bombs (GBU-12) onto weapon pylons under an F-14B Tomcat.jpg
English: Persian Gulf (Jan. 12, 2005) – Aviation Ordnancemen, assigned to the "Swordsmen" of Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32), prepare to load 500-pound laser guided bombs (GBU-12) onto weapon pylons under an F-14B Tomcat during combat mission preparations aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) are providing close air support and conducting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions over Iraq. The Truman Carrier Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism.
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050112-N-5345W-074 (Persian Gulf)
On board USS Harry S. Truman
Ordnancemen from the "Swordsmen" of Fighter Squadron (VF) 32 prepare to load Guide Bomb Units (GBU-12) onto an F-14B Tomcat during combat mission preparations on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 is embarked aboard Truman and is providing close air support and conducting Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions over Iraq. The USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group and CVW-3 are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. US Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Kristopher Wilson. (Released by HST Public Affairs)