Keywords: US Navy 050224-N-5345W-065 Aviation Ordnancemen load an Advanced, Medium-Range, Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) to the underside of an F-A-18C Hornet.jpg en Persian Gulf Feb 24 2005 - Aviation Ordnancemen assigned to the Gunslingers of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Five VFA-105 load an Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile AMRAAM to the underside of an F/A-18C Hornet while preparing for flight operations on the flight deck aboard USS Harry S Truman CVN 75 The AMRAAM is an all-weather all-environment radar guided missile developed as a follow-on to the AIM-7 Sparrow missile series AMRAAM is smaller faster lighter and has improved capabilities against very low-altitude and high-altitude targets in an electronic countermeasure environment It was deployed in September 1991 and is carried by all models of the F/A-18 Hornet and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet 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 Airman Kristopher Wilson RELEASED 2005-02-24 050224-N-5345W-065 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 22326 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Kristopher Wilson PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Harry S Truman CVN-75 Aviation Ordnanceman Strike Fighter Squadron 105 United States Navy |