Keywords: US Navy 030418-N-2385R-008 An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the ^ldquo,Wallbangers^rdquo, of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One One Seven (VAW-117) prepares to launch from one of four steam driven catapults on the flight de.jpg en Arabian Gulf Apr 18 2002 -- An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the Wallbangers of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 117 VAW-117 prepares to launch from one of four steam driven catapults on the flight deck of USS Nimitz CVN 68 Nimitz and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Eleven CVW-11 are on deployment 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 Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas RELEASED 2002-04-18 030418-N-2385R-008 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 6828 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Nimitz CVN-68 flight deck Airborne Early Warning Squadron 117 United States Navy Front views of aircraft Blast deflectors aircraft carrier Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye aircraft carrier take-offs |