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Caption:
Mediterranean Sea (Apr. 11, 2003) -- An Aviation Ordnanceman performs a
final quality assurance check on an AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air
missile, loaded on an F/A-18 Hornet before launching from one of four
steam powered catapults on the flight deck of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN
75). Truman and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) are
conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to
liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass
destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy
photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Danny Ewing Jr. (RELEASED)
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