Keywords: US Navy 030526-N-2385R-002 A plane captain begins start-up procedures on an F-A-18 Super Hornet prior to the first launch.jpg en Arabian Gulf May 26 2003 -- A plane captain begins start-up procedures on an F/A-18 Super Hornet prior to the first launch cycle of the day aboard USS Nimitz CVN 68 The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group 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 Photographer s Mate 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas RELEASED 2003-05-26 030526-N-2385R-002 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 7657 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Nimitz CVN-68 flight deck F/A-18F Super Hornet on flight decks Strike Fighter Squadron 41 United States Navy |