030418-N-2385R-010 Arabian Gulf (Apr. 18, 2002) -- An EA-6B Prowler assigned to the “Black Ravens” of Electronic Attack Squadron One Three Five (VAQ-135) launches 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


030418-N-2385R-010 Arabian Gulf (Apr. 18, 2002) -- An EA-6B Prowler assigned to the “Black Ravens” of Electronic Attack Squadron One Three Five (VAQ-135) launches 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-010 An EA-6B Prowler assigned to the %%5Eldquo,Black Ravens%%5Erdquo, of Electronic Attack Squadron One Three Five (VAQ-135) launches from one of four steam driven catapults on the flight deck of USS Nimitz (CV


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