
Flight deck personnel prepare to launch the next aircraft in the launch cycle, March 26, 2008, after successfully catapulting an F/A-18 Hornet from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during flight operations in the Persian Gulf. Truman and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 are deployed supporting Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and maritime security operations.