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Caption:
Arabian Gulf (Apr. 18, 2003) - An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the
"Wallbangers" 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 Iraqi's weapons of mass destruction, and
end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's
Mate 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas. (RELEASED)
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