Caption:
Indian Ocean (Apr. 3, 2003) -- An S-3B Viking assigned to the
"Dragonfires" of Sea Control Squadron Twenty Nine (VS-29) takes off
from the flight deck aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz and Carrier Air
Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are expected to join coalition forces supporting
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 Airman Sean Cole. (RELEASED)
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