Keywords: US Navy 030417-N-4441P-003 Aviation Ordnancemen reload 20mm bullets into the 20mm gun system.jpg en Arabian Gulf Apr 17 2002 -- Aviation Ordnancemen assigned to the Warhawks of Strike Fighter Squadron Nine Seven VFA-97 reload 20mm bullets into the 20mm gun system M61A1 on an F/A-18 Hornet during flight operations aboard 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 2nd Class Michael J Pusnik Jr RELEASED 2002-04-17 030417-N-4441P-003 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 6817 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Michael J Pusnik Jr PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Nimitz CVN-68 flight deck F/A-18A Hornet on flight decks Strike Fighter Squadron 97 United States Navy Aviation Ordnanceman M61 Vulcan |