Caption:
Central Command Area of Responsibility (Aug. 6, 2003) -- An F/A-18E
Super Hornet assigned to the "Top Hatters" of Strike Fighter Squadron
Fourteen (VFA-14) prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight
deck of the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
Nimitz Strike Force and Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are 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 Patricia Guillen. (RELEASED)
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