030413-N-9319H-002 Central Command Area of Responsibility (Apr. 13, 2003) -- Aviation Maintenance Administrationman Cathy Garcia from Laredo, Texas, assigned to the ÒWallbangersÓ of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One One Seven (VAW-117) participates in the elevating of an E-2C Hawkeye for maintenance aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are on deployment conducting operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate IraqÕs weapons of ma


030413-N-9319H-002 Central Command Area of Responsibility (Apr. 13, 2003) -- Aviation Maintenance Administrationman Cathy Garcia from Laredo, Texas, assigned to the ÒWallbangersÓ of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One One Seven (VAW-117) participates in the elevating of an E-2C Hawkeye for maintenance aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are on deployment conducting operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate IraqÕs weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Navy photo by Airman Angel G. Hilbrands. (RELEASED) US Navy 030413-N-9319H-002 Aviation Maintenance Administrationman Cathy Garcia participates in the elevating of an E-2C Hawkeye


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