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Caption:
The Indian Ocean (Mar. 31, 2003) -- An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the
"Tophatters" of Strike Fighter Squadron Fourteen (VFA-14) takes off
from one of four steam powered catapults on the flight deck of USS
Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz and her Battle Group are scheduled to
join other multi-national coalition forces 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 by PH3 Yesenia Rosas.
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