Keywords: US Navy 050120-N-2984R-095 Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Paul Taylor runs a system check on the Low Altitude Navigation Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) pod in the cockpit of an F-14B Tomcat.jpg en Persian Gulf Jan 20 2005 - Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Paul Taylor assigned to the Swordsmen of Fighter Squadron Three Two VF-32 runs a system check on the Low Altitude Navigation Targeting Infrared for Night LANTIRN pod in the cockpit of an F-14B Tomcat during a no-fly day aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman CVN 75 LANTIRN consists of a targeting and navigational pod integrated and mounted externally beneath the aircraft and it significantly increases the combat effectiveness of these aircraft allowing them to fly at low altitudes at night and under-the-weather to attack ground targets with a variety of precision-guided and unguided weapons Carrier Air Wing Three CVW-3 is embarked aboard Truman and is providing close air support and conducting intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance ISR missions over Iraq The Truman Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Ricardo J Reyes RELEASED 2005-01-20 050120-N-2984R-095 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 21046 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Ricardo J Reyes PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-14 Tomcat maintenance Cockpit of F-14 Tomcat LANTIRN Fighter Squadron 32 United States Navy Aboard USS Harry S Truman CVN-75 Photographers Mate |