Keywords: US Navy 040602-N-6736W-009 Lt Cmdr. Kurt Frankenberger, left, and Cdr. Doug Denneny stand by one of their F-A-18F Super Hornets after being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Combat V for valor.jpg en Naval Air Station Lemoore Calif Jun 2 2004 - Lt Cmdr Kurt Frankenberger left and Cdr Doug Denneny both assigned to the Bounty Hunters of Strike Fighter Squadron Two VFA-2 stand by one of their F/A-18F Super Hornets after being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Combat V for valor They were recognized for heroism in aerial flight on March 21 2003 as the Pilot and Radar Intercept Officer of an F-14D Tomcat assigned to Fighter Squadron two VF-2 aboard USS Constellation CV 64 deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF Cdr Denneny and Lt Cdmr Frankenberger were the lead aircraft in a four-ship F-14D Tomcat and F/A-18C Hornet formation that penetrated the heavily defended Baghdad missile engagement zone at the commencement of OIF Their flight division was the first Naval aircraft and the first non-stealth aircraft to strike Baghdad They encountered near-continuous surface-to-air missile SAM launches and unrelenting anti-aircraft artillery bursts as they delivered their ordnance on an Iraqi Republican Guard and Radio Relay Facility U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Katrina Walter RELEASED 2004-06-02 040602-N-6736W-009 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 14638 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Katrina Walter PD-USGov-Military-Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet Naval Air Station Lemoore Aboard USS Constellation CV-64 Strike Fighter Squadron 2 United States Navy United States naval aviators |