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Ordnancemen inspect the guidance system assembly on a laser guided GBU-16 bomb.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Kathy Higingbotham (left), Airman Apprentice Jon Mitchell (center), and Aviation Ordnanceman Thomas Moore (right) inspect the guidance system assembly on a laser guided GBU-16 bomb on board the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) on Nov. 10, 1997. The USS Nimitz (CVN 68) battle group is operating in the Persian Gulf in support of the U.S. and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq. All three are aviation ordnancemen assigned to the weapons department aboard the USS Nimitz. Higingbotham is from Addy, Wash.; Mitchell is from Lakeland, Fla.; and Moore is from San Diego, Calif.