Flight deck crewmen duck as an F/A-18 Hornet launches.
Flight deck crewmen duck as an F/A-18 Hornet launches from one of the four steam powered catapults aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) on Dec. 27, 2004. The Truman and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 is providing close air support and conducting intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions over Iraq.