Keywords: Tail hook detail.jpg 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 Photographer �s Mate Airman Ryan O'Connor RELEASED Original from http //www news navy mil/view_single asp id 21270 PD_USN Tail hooks aircraft F/A-18A Hornet Taken with Nikon D1X |