030418-N-2385R-007 Arabian Gulf (Apr. 18, 2003) - An E-2C "Hawkeye assigned to the ÒWallbangersÓ of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One One Seven (VAW-117) launches from one of the four steam powered catapults on the flight deck of the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG) and embarked Carrier Air Wing One One (CVW-11) are currently deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate IraqiÕs weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein
030418-N-2385R-007 Arabian Gulf (Apr. 18, 2003) - An E-2C "Hawkeye assigned to the ÒWallbangersÓ of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One One Seven (VAW-117) launches from one of the four steam powered catapults on the flight deck of the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG) and embarked Carrier Air Wing One One (CVW-11) are currently deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate IraqiÕs weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas. (RELEASED) US Navy 030418-N-2385R-007 An E-2C
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