Image:Tail hook detail.jpg

Tail hook of an aircraft in detail.

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Image: 050124-N-4308O-018.jpg

Description: A Marine assigned to the "Silver Eagles" of Marine Strike Fighter Attack Squadron One One Five (VMFA-115) conducts a preflight check on the tailhook on one of the squadron’s F/A-18A+ Hornets

050124-N-4308O-018 Persian Gulf (Jan. 24, 2005) - A Marine assigned to the "Silver Eagles" of Marine Strike Fighter Attack Squadron One One Five (VMFA-115) conducts a preflight check on the tailhook on one of the squadron’s F/A-18A+ Hornets prior to the start of flight operations on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) is embarked aboard Harry S. Truman and is providing close air support and conducting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions over Iraq. The Truman Carrier Strike Group and CVW-3 are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman Ryan O'Connor (RELEASED)

Airplane: Serial: 163171 Code: VE-210 Type: F/A-18A CN: 611/A517 Unit: VMFA-115 (source: http://www.scramble.nl/usnbase.htm)

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