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A U.S. Navy plane captain signals the pilots of an E-2C Hawkeye to start their engines.
A U.S. Navy plane captain signals the pilots of an E-2C Hawkeye to start their engines during evening flight operations on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) operating in the Persian Gulf on Dec. 26, 2004. The Truman and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 is providing close air support and conducting intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions over Iraq. The plane captain is assigned to Fixed Wing Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 126.