030327-N-0923G-003 The Mediterranean Sea (Mar. 27, 2003) -- An F/A 18 Hornet strike fighter assigned to the "Bulls" of Strike Fighter Attack Squadron Three Seven (VFA-37) launches from flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during the beginning of daily flight operations. Truman and Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) are on deployment conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hu

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030327-N-0923G-003 The Mediterranean Sea (Mar. 27, 2003) -- An F/A 18 Hornet strike fighter assigned to the "Bulls" of Strike Fighter Attack Squadron Three Seven (VFA-37) launches from flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during the beginning of daily flight operations. Truman and Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) are on deployment conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational 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 Airman Dustin Gates. (RELEASED) US Navy 030327-N-0923G-003 An F-A 18 Hornet strike fighter assigned to the Bulls of Strike Fighter Attack Squadron Three Seven (VFA-37)

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