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US Navy 030226-N-9964S-001 Intelligence Specialist 1st Class Brad Hobbs looks at a photographic negative taken by a Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS) from an F-14
Photographer's Mate 3rd Class (PH3) Michael J. Pusnik inspects a Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS) KS-87 camera laoded on an F-14 "Tomcat" attached to the "Black Knights" of Fighter Squadron One Five Four (VF-154)
A photographer's mate films a technician servicing a tactical airborne reconnaissance pod system (TARPS) on the underside of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE '88
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Photographer's Mate AIRMAN Apprentice Jeff McNitt watches as Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Troy Bender services a tactical air reconnaissance pod system (TARPS) pod on a Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) during Operation Deny Flight
Photographer�s Mates from the �Pukin� Dogs� of Fighter Squadron One Four Three (VF-143), transport a Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System
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A group of photographer's mates remove an infrared sensor from a tactical air reconnaissance pod system (TARPS) pod on a Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) during Operation Deny Flight
Photographer�s Mate 2nd Class David Crawford places a cart under a Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS) on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman
Intelligence Specialist 1st Class Brad Hobbs looks at a photographic negative taken by a Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS) from an F-14
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Mediterranean Sea aboard the USS Harry S. Truman Intelligence Specialist 1st Class Brad Hobbs looks at a photographic negative taken by a Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS) from an F-14 Tomcat assigned to the "Swordsmen" of Fighter Squadron Three Two (VF-32). Truman and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) are conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 3rd Class Christopher B. Stoltz. File# 030226-N-9964S-001
Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion). The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922.