030417-N-4441P-003 Arabian Gulf (Apr. 17, 2002) -- Aviation Ordnancemen assigned to the ÒWarhawksÓ of Strike Fighter Squadron Nine Seven (VFA-97) reload 20mm bullets into the 20mm gun system (M61A1) on an F/A-18 Hornet during flight operations aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are on deployment conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Na
030417-N-4441P-003 Arabian Gulf (Apr. 17, 2002) -- Aviation Ordnancemen assigned to the ÒWarhawksÓ of Strike Fighter Squadron Nine Seven (VFA-97) reload 20mm bullets into the 20mm gun system (M61A1) on an F/A-18 Hornet during flight operations aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are on deployment conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Michael J. Pusnik Jr. (RELEASED) US Navy 030417-N-4441P-003 Aviation Ordnancemen reload 20mm bullets into the 20mm gun system
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