Keywords: US Navy 030412-N-2385R-010 Aviation Ordnancemen lift an AIM-9M Sidewinder air-to-air missile to upload it onto an F-A-18 Hornet aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68).jpg en The Arabian Gulf Apr 12 2003 -- Aviation Ordnancemen lift an AIM-9M Sidewinder air-to-air missile to upload it onto an F/A-18 Hornet aboard USS Nimitz CVN 68 Nimitz and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Eleven CVW-11 are on deployment conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring 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 2003-04-12 030412-N-2385R-010 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 6635 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas PD-USGov-Military-Navy AIM-9 Sidewinder USS Nimitz CVN-68 flight deck F/A-18C Hornet on flight decks Strike Fighter Squadron 94 United States Navy Aviation Ordnanceman |