Keywords: US Navy 030331-N-1810F-002 Aviation ordnancemen watch over Joint Stand-Off Weapons (JSOWs) as an S-3B Viking launches from one of four steam powered catapults aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63).jpg en The Arabian Gulf Mar 31 2003 -- Aviation ordnancemen watch over Joint Stand-Off Weapons JSOWs as an S-3B Viking launches from one of four steam powered catapults aboard USS Kitty Hawk CV 63 The JSOW is a 1 000-pound smart bomb that can be launched from distances up to 40 miles from its target The weapon is called joint because it can be dropped from Air Force Navy or Marine aircraft Kitty Hawk and Carrier Air Wing Five CVW-5 are currently deployed with coalition forces 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 Todd Frantom RELEASED 2003-03-31 030331-N-1810F-002 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 6163 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 3rd Class Todd Frantom PD-USGov-Military-Navy Flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 S-3B Viking Sea Control Squadron 21 United States Navy Pictures by Mass Communication Specialist Todd Frantom AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon Aviation Ordnanceman |