Keywords: US Navy 050719-N-5345W-004 A Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) gives a hang loose sign to the crowd of Air Department and squadron Sailors gathered on the flight deck.jpg en Atlantic Ocean July 19 2005 A Radar Intercept Officer RIO assigned to the Swordsmen of Fighter Squadron 32 VF-32 gives a hang loose sign to the crowd of Air Department and squadron Sailors gathered on the flight deck from the cockpit of his F-14B Tomcat prior to launching from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman CVN 75 The current underway-period marks the final time the F-14 Tomcat will take part in flight operations while embarked aboard Truman VF-32 will shortly begin the process of transitioning to the newer F/A-18F Super Hornet Truman is currently conducting carrier qualifications and operations off the East Coast and is also participating in a Joint Task Force Exercise JTFEX with USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN 71 JTFEX is a key component in the training cycle of an aircraft carrier and carrier air wing in the U S Navy Fleet Response Plan U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Kristopher Wilson RELEASED 2005-07-19 050719-N-5345W-004 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 26378 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Kristopher Wilson PD-USGov-Military-Navy United States naval aviators F-14 Tomcat aircraft carrier launches Fighter Squadron 32 United States Navy Aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 |