An EA-6B Prowler unfolds its wings as it is directed to a catapult for launch.
An EA-6B Prowler unfolds its wings as it is directed to a catapult for launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) on Feb. 4, 2005. The Truman and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 is providing close air support and conducting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions over Iraq. The Prowler is an advanced electronic countermeasures aircraft assigned to the Electric Attack Squadron 130 of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash.