030715-N-9319H-004 Central Command Area of Responsibility (Jul. 15, 2003) -- A Nimitz crewmember prepares an E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the ÒWallbangersÓ of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One Seventeen (VAW-117) for launch from the flight deck aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68) . Nimitz Strike Force and Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are currently deployed 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 Ai
030715-N-9319H-004 Central Command Area of Responsibility (Jul. 15, 2003) -- A Nimitz crewmember prepares an E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the ÒWallbangersÓ of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One Seventeen (VAW-117) for launch from the flight deck aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68) . Nimitz Strike Force and Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are currently deployed 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 030715-N-9319H-004 A Nimitz crewmember prepares an E-2C Hawkeye for launch from the flight deck aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68)
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