USS Harry S Truman CVN 75 Aircraft Carrier Action 8 Oct 2024 6th Fleet Airailimages - F/A-18E

Come aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN75) in the Atlantic, as the ship's crew and fliers conduct flight operations in the Atlantic on October 8, 2024. USS Truman is the flagship of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG), on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations "supporting U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa to defend U.S., allied and partner interests", according to a U.S. Navy release.
Here's what the carrier's website says about USS Harry S. Truman (Excerpted): USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) is the ninth nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth in the Nimitz class. Named after the 33rd president of the United States, Newport News Shipbuilding laid the keel for the $4.5 billion warship on Nov. 29, 1993. The ship’s sponsor, the late President’s daughter Margaret Truman Daniel, christened the ship on Sept. 7, 1996, and the ship was launched on Sept. 13, 1996.

On July 25, 1998, President Bill Clinton commissioned the ship during a ceremony attended by an estimated 20,000 people at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia...

In November 1998, Truman hosted the U.S. Navy Blue Angels at sea, marking the first time a Blue Angels’ jet ever landed aboard an aircraft carrier. The ship departed on its maiden deployment on Nov. 28, 2000. During the deployment, aircraft from Carrier Air Wing THREE (CVW-3) flew 869 sorties, totaling 2,700 flight hours, supporting Operation Southern Watch. After nearly 180 days and traveling more than 44,000 nautical miles, the ship completed its first deployment on May 23, 2001.

USS Harry S. Truman entered Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) for its first Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) on Sept. 5, 2001, where the crew watched the terrorist attacks on 9/11 unfold a week later. With ship-wide internet installed for the first time and the nation now at war, the ship departed the shipyard six months later to begin deployment preparations. In 2002, Truman set a record for most arrested landings in a single day at 335...

At 10:16 p.m. on March 19, 2003, CVW-3 launched the first combat missions of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Over the next 30 days, CVW-3 aircraft dropped over 1.4 million pounds of ordnance on targets in Northern Iraq in direct support of U.S. infantry and special operations forces on the ground. Truman spent 89 consecutive days at sea without a port call, including the first replenishment-at-sea while simultaneously launching combat-loaded aircraft since the Vietnam War...

In October 2004, the ship departed for her third deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. The ship and CVW-3 launched 2,577 combat sorties, totaling nearly 13,000 flying hours, and earned the Battle “E” for the second consecutive year. Truman returned from deployment in March 2005.

In September 2005, Truman got underway with detachments embarked from 13 helicopter squadrons and headed for the Gulf of Mexico to provide disaster relief following Hurricane Katrina. As Joint Task Force Gulf Coast’s flagship, the crew remained anchored in the gulf for five weeks, where helicopters delivered desalinated water for the relief effort. Truman earned a third consecutive Battle “E” for performance in 2005.

In January 2006, the ship entered NNSY for its first Drydocking Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA), lasting 12 months...

During workups for the ship’s next deployment, the crew earned their fifth Battle “E” award and hosted the EA-18G Growler’s first at-sea carrier-arrested landing. The ship deployed in May 2010 for seven months, where the crew celebrated the 100,000th arrested landing, flew 2,915 combat missions, and expended 25,000 pounds of ordnance supporting Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation New Dawn...

USS Harry S. Truman underwent a second DPIA at NNSY, including a new mast and significant combat systems upgrades that finished in March 2012... Truman served as the first carrier-based test platform for the X-47B unmanned aircraft.

In July 2013, the ship departed Norfolk for her sixth deployment. The ship and airwing flew over 2,900 combat missions supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan...

In November 2015, Truman departed Norfolk on her seventh deployment in support of Operation Inherent Resolve to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a rising terrorist organization. CVW-7 flew 2,054 combat missions that expended over 1.3 million pounds of ordnance on ISIS targets. The ship returned to Norfolk on July 13, 2016...

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