030405-N-9951B-004 North Arabian Gulf (Apr. 5, 2003) -- An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the “Fist of the Fleet” of Strike Fighter Squadron Two Five (VFA-25) launches from one of four steam driven catapults on the flight deck of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are conducting combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Navy photo by Photographer'

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030405-N-9951B-004 North Arabian Gulf (Apr. 5, 2003) -- An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the “Fist of the Fleet” of Strike Fighter Squadron Two Five (VFA-25) launches from one of four steam driven catapults on the flight deck of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are conducting combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Elizabeth A. Bartneck. (RELEASED) US Navy 030405-N-9951B-004 An F-A-18C Hornet assigned to the %%5Eldquo,Fist of the Fleet%%5Erdquo, of Strike Fighter Squadron Two Five (VFA-25)

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