H-53E Sea Dragon

041206-N-6495K-057 (Persian Gulf) Onboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Aviation Electrician’s Mate Petty Officer Third Class Megan Truncer assigned to the “Dusty Dogs” of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Seven (HS-7) gives the signal for the MH-53E Sea Dragon assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Squadron One Fifteen (HM-15) to take off. Currently, Aircraft from CVW-3 embarked on USS Harry S. Truman are providing close air support and conducting intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions in ongoing operations. Trumanís Carrier Strike Group TEN (CSG-10) and her embarked Carrier Airwing THREE (CVW-3) are currently on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographerís Mate Airman Kathaleen A. Knowles)