030412-N-2385R-011 The Arabian Gulf (Apr. 12, 2003) -- Aviation Ordnancemen lift an AIM-9M Sidewinder air-to-air missile to upload it onto an F/A-18 Hornet aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are on deployment conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring 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 PhotographerÕs Mate 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas. (RELEASED) US Navy 030412-N-2385R-

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030412-N-2385R-011 The Arabian Gulf (Apr. 12, 2003) -- Aviation Ordnancemen lift an AIM-9M Sidewinder air-to-air missile to upload it onto an F/A-18 Hornet aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are on deployment conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring 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 PhotographerÕs Mate 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas. (RELEASED) US Navy 030412-N-2385R-011 Aviation Ordnancemen lift an AIM-9M Sidewinder air-to-air missile to upload it onto an F-A-18 Hornet aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

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