030418-N-2385R-008 Arabian Gulf (Apr. 18, 2002) -- An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the “Wallbangers” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One One Seven (VAW-117) prepares to launch from one of four steam driven catapults on the flight deck of 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 pho
030418-N-2385R-008 Arabian Gulf (Apr. 18, 2002) -- An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the “Wallbangers” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One One Seven (VAW-117) prepares to launch from one of four steam driven catapults on the flight deck of 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 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas. (RELEASED) US Navy 030418-N-2385R-008 An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the %%5Eldquo,Wallbangers%%5Erdquo, of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One One Seven (VAW-117) prepares to launch from one of four steam driven catapults on the flight de
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