041022-N-4565G-004 Arabian Gulf (Oct. 22, 2004) - An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Sunliners" of Strike Fighter Squadron Eight One (VFA-81), prepares to launch from the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67). The aircraft is loaded with the Navy's latest Satellite Guided Bomb, the GBU-38. The GBU-38 is a 500lb Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) that uses a standard Mk-82 bomb. Kennedy and embarked Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) are deployed to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Navy photo by Photogra
041022-N-4565G-004 Arabian Gulf (Oct. 22, 2004) - An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Sunliners" of Strike Fighter Squadron Eight One (VFA-81), prepares to launch from the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67). The aircraft is loaded with the Navy's latest Satellite Guided Bomb, the GBU-38. The GBU-38 is a 500lb Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) that uses a standard Mk-82 bomb. Kennedy and embarked Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) are deployed to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Tommy Gilligan (RELEASED) US Navy 041022-N-4565G-004 An F-A-18C Hornet prepares to launch from the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67)
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