030421-N-9319H-001 Arabian Gulf (Apr. 21, 2003) -- Aviation BoatswainÕs Mate 3rd Class Brian Boedelker fuels an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the ÒBlack AcesÓ of Strike Fighter Squadron Forty One (VFA-41) on the flight deck aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz Carrier Strike Force and Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are currently deployed and conducting missions in support of Operation Iraqi 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. U. S. Navy ph


030421-N-9319H-001 Arabian Gulf (Apr. 21, 2003) -- Aviation BoatswainÕs Mate 3rd Class Brian Boedelker fuels an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the ÒBlack AcesÓ of Strike Fighter Squadron Forty One (VFA-41) on the flight deck aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz Carrier Strike Force and Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are currently deployed and conducting missions in support of Operation Iraqi 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. U. S. Navy photo by Airman Angel G. Hilbrands. (RELEASED) US Navy 030421-N-9319H-001 Aviation Boatswain%%5Ersquo,s Mate 3rd Class Brian Boedelker fuels an F-A-18F Super Hornet on the flight deck aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68)


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