CLEARED FOR TAKEOF — A Navy flight deck shooter gives the signal to launch an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the “Black Aces” of Strike Fighter Squadron Forty One (VFA-41) off one of the four steam-powered catapults on the flight deck aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz Strike Force and Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are currently deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas
