030629-N-9319H-002 Arabian Gulf (June 28, 2003) – Final Checkers assigned to the “Black Aces” of Strike Fighter Squadron Four One (VFA-41), jump to check the upper-surface of a wing as an F/A-18F Super Hornet readies for launch aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG) and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). OIF is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Navy photo by Airman Angel G. Hilbrands (RELEASED) US Navy 030629-N-9319H-002 Final che
030629-N-9319H-002 Arabian Gulf (June 28, 2003) – Final Checkers assigned to the “Black Aces” of Strike Fighter Squadron Four One (VFA-41), jump to check the upper-surface of a wing as an F/A-18F Super Hornet readies for launch aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG) and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). OIF is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Navy photo by Airman Angel G. Hilbrands (RELEASED) US Navy 030629-N-9319H-002 Final checkers jump to check the wing of a F-A-18F
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