Caption:
The Arabian Gulf (Jun. 25, 2003) -- A flight deck handler directs an
S-3B Viking from the "Dragonfires" of Sea Control Squadron Twenty Nine
(VS-29) onto one of the four steam powered catapults on the flight deck
aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz Carrier Strike Force and
Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVN-11) are deployed 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 Yesenia Rosas. (RELEASED)
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