Keywords: US Navy 050202-N-0382O-501 Aviation Ordnancemen lift a 500-pound GBU-12 laser guided bomb onto a weapon station on one of their squadron^rsquo,s F-14B Tomcats aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75.jpg en Persian Gulf Feb 2 2005 Aviation Ordnancemen assigned to the Swordsmen of Fighter Squadron 32 VF-32 lift a 500-pound GBU-12 laser guided bomb onto a weapon station on one of their squadron s F-14B Tomcats aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman CVN 75 The GBU-12 Paveway II bomb series are 500 pound smart weapons that follow a laser beam to a target which is illuminated by either an aircraft or a laser designator operator on the ground Carrier Air Wing Three CVW-3 is embarked aboard Truman and is providing close air support and conducting intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance over Iraq The Truman Carrier Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the global war on terrorism U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Justin S Osborne RELEASED 2005-02-02 050202-N-0382O-501 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 21558 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Justin S Osborne PD-USGov-Military-Navy GBU-12 F-14 Tomcat armament Fighter Squadron 32 United States Navy Aboard USS Harry S Truman CVN-75 |