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Caption:
Central Command Area of Responsibility (May 17, 2003) -- Aviation
Machinist's Mate 1st Class Patrick Reynolds from Queen Creek, Ariz.,
guides an F-18E Super Hornet assigned to the "Top Hatters" of Strike
Fighter Squadron Fourteen (VFA-14) into position for launch from one of
four steam-powered catapults on the flight deck aboard USS Nimitz (CVN
68). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Force and Carrier Air Wing 11
(CVW-11) are currently deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom,
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 Airman Angel G.
Hilbrands. (RELEASED)
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