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Men in red suits and helmets carry a missile.

(Kendra Helmer/Stars and Stripes)

Aboard USS Kitty Hawk, Mar. 20, 2003: Aviation ordnancemen load a precision-guided bomb on an F/A-18 Hornet on the USS Kitty Hawk. Carrier Air Wing 5 flew 35 daytime sorties and 56 nighttime sorties, 42 of which were strike sorties on Iraq.

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