Keywords: US Navy 030726-N-2385R-005 Aviation Machinist^rsquo,s Mate Airman Tim Amoroso from Oxnard, Calif conducts a pre-flight inspection on a propeller before flight operations on the flight deck of USS Nimitz (CVN 68).jpg en Arabian Gulf Jul 26 2003 -- Aviation Machinist s Mate Airman Tim Amoroso from Oxnard Calif assigned to the Wallbangers of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron On Seventeen VAW-117 conducts a pre-flight inspection on a propeller before flight operations on the flight deck of USS Nimitz CVN 68 Nimitz Strike Group and Carrier Air Wing Eleven CVW-11 are currently deployed 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 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas RELEASED 2003-07-26 030726-N-2385R-005 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 8766 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Nimitz CVN-68 Airborne Early Warning Squadron 117 United States Navy |