Persian Gulf - Kuwait - Readying smart bombs on US aircraft carrier

Red shirted ordnance men prepare and fit smart bombs to an F/A-18 fighter jet on deck of USS Harry S Truman. Launched on 7 September 1996 and costing US$4.5 billion, the Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy, named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. The Truman is the largest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women.

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Red shirted ordnance men prepare and fit smart bombs to an F/A-18 fighter jet on deck of USS Harry S Truman. Launched on 7 September 1996 and costing US$4.5 billion, the Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy, named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. The Truman is the largest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women.