111228-N-JN664-143 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 28, 2011) An E-2C Hawkeye from the Sun Kings of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 116 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln is in the 7th Fleet area of operations (AOO) as part of a deployment to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans en route to support coalition efforts in the 5th Fleet AOO. ( Navy photo Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Karolina A. Martinez/Released) 111228-N-JN664-143 by #PACOM

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