lieutenant charles wickware, call sign wingnut, has his camera rolling as he embarks on this risky missionthe dead of night over enemy territory, crossing iraq into syria through a gathering storm. >> whatever you can do to avoid some of the weather. >> reporter: we joined the mission hours before on the "uss harry s. truman," deployed to the persian gulf, the truman is home to more than 5,000 sailors and a jaw-dropping amount of military might. this is what they call the bomb farm. hundreds of precision guided weapons, millions and millions of dollars' worth of ordnance ready to be loaded onto the aircraft. landing on a moving target the length of a football field is a delicate maneuver. but to the pilots it's routine. >> let's be brilliant at the basics tonight. this is a pretty standard mission for us. we should be able to execute it flawlessly. >> let me start with you, lieutenant commander, because you outrank him, you know, so we should do that. >> i'm taller too. >> not by much and not by much. >> reporter: the duo jokes, but they are some of the navy's best pilots. wickware has bee

. >> reporter: lieutenant charles wickware.wingnut" and john hiltz, call sign "johnny kittens" have more than 800 carrier landings between them. let me start with you, commander. you outrank him. >> i'm taller, too. >> not by much. and not by much. >> reporter: the duo likes to joke. but they're some of the navy's best pilots. wickware has been in the navy 11 years. growing up in hawaii and started flying gliders when he was just 14. he wanted to be a pilot for as long as he can remember. so did john hiltz. a kentucky native, he played basketball for notre dame before joining the navy, where he would be chosen for the elite blue angels demonstration team before heading into his combat role. >> we're going to take ammo. >> reporter: tonight, lieutenant commander hiltz leads the detailed mission brief. we are allowed to hear it. >> we're going after that oil infrastructure in syria. there will be thunderstorms that may impact the execution. we have a 30-minute window to execute. we'll make sure we do so. >> reporter: the pilots g

kittens is calm on the surface but he is about to be hurtled off an aircraft carrier lieutenant charles wickware, call sign wing nut, has his camera rolling as he embarks on this risky mission flying in the dead of night over enemy territory, crossing iraq into syria through a gathering storm. >> anything you can do to avoid some of the weather. >> reporter: we joined the mission hours before on the "uss harry s. truman," deployed to the persian gulf, the truman is home to more than 5,000 sailors and a jaw-dropping amount of military might. this is what they call the bomb farm. hundreds of precision guided weapons, millions and millions of dollars worth of ordinance ready to be loaded onto the aircraft. it is the rainbow warriors who make it happen. the maintainers in green, white launch and recovery, and the red bombs. ordinance dropped. >> a lot more than my last three cruises combined. >> reporter: all that teamwork leads to this. lieutenant commander hilts leads a detailed mission brief where we were allowed to hear exactly what the night would hold. >> we're going after that oil infrastruct