030404-N-0050T-014 The Arabian Gulf (Apr. 4, 2003) -- An F/A-18C Hornet launches from one of four steam-powered catapults on the flight deck aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln Carrier Strike Force and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are deployed 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 Patricia R. Totemeier. (RELEASED) US Navy 0

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030404-N-0050T-014 The Arabian Gulf (Apr. 4, 2003) -- An F/A-18C Hornet launches from one of four steam-powered catapults on the flight deck aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln Carrier Strike Force and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are deployed 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 Patricia R. Totemeier. (RELEASED) US Navy 030404-N-0050T-014 An F-A-18C Hornet launches from one of four steam-powered catapults on the flight deck aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

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