Keywords: TARPS pod on skid.jpg Onboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C STENNIS CVN-74 Photographer's Mates of VF-143 wait for a F-14 Tomcat jet fighter Not shown to land on the ship's flight deck to load a TARPS pod Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System on the aircraft The Nuclear powered aircraft carrier is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of the Southwest Asia build-up Officially released by COMFIFTHFLT Public Affairs Shot 20 Mar 1998 PD-USN Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance Pod System People of the United States Navy |