Aviation ordnancemen on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise load a GBU-16 laser guided bomb on an FA/18 "Hornet" fighter-bomber in preparation for a second wave of attacks against Iraq in support of Operation Desert Fox, December 17. For the second night in a row, the U.S. and British military launched heavy and sustained missile and bombing attacks on Iraq following Baghdad's refusal to cooperate fully with United Nations weapons inspectors.