Keywords: US Navy 030409-N-9977R-001 Maintenance crews from the ^ldquo,Thunder Eagles^rdquo, of Marine Helicopter Medium Squadron Two Sixty Three (HMM-263) perform scheduled maintenance on a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter.jpg en The Arabian Gulf Apr 9 2003 -- Maintenance crews from the Thunder Eagles of Marine Helicopter Medium Squadron Two Sixty Three HMM-263 perform scheduled maintenance on a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter between missions into Iraq HMM-263 is embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau LHA 4 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 1st Class Anibal Rivera RELEASED 2003-04-09 030409-N-9977R-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 6557 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 1st Class Anibal Rivera PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Nassau LHA-4 CH-46 US Marine Corps |