Flight deck personnel on board the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) prepare an F/A-18 Hornet for launch during flight operations in the Persian Gulf on Nov. 10, 1997. The Nimitz and embarked Carrier Air Wing 9 are operating in the Persian Gulf in support of the and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq. The Hornet is assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 146, Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif.

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