Keywords: US Navy 030418-N-2385R-007 An E-2C.jpg en Arabian Gulf Apr 18 2003 - An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the Wallbangers of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One One Seven VAW-117 launches from one of the four steam powered catapults on the flight deck of the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz CVN 68 The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group CSG and embarked Carrier Air Wing One One CVW-11 are currently deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people eliminate Iraqi 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 2003-04-18 030418-N-2385R-007 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 12575 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 Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye aircraft carrier take-offs |