041021-N-0057P-022 Pacific Ocean (Oct. 21, 2004) - An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the "Sun Kings" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One One Six (VAW-116), prepares aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) are currently deployed to the Western Pacific Ocean. Carrier Strike Group Nine (CSG-9) is the first to be used in the Surge Role in support of the Chief of Naval Operations Fleet Response Plan (FRP). Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Seth C. Peterson (RELEASED) US Navy 041021-N-0057P-022 An E-

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041021-N-0057P-022 Pacific Ocean (Oct. 21, 2004) - An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the "Sun Kings" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One One Six (VAW-116), prepares aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) are currently deployed to the Western Pacific Ocean. Carrier Strike Group Nine (CSG-9) is the first to be used in the Surge Role in support of the Chief of Naval Operations Fleet Response Plan (FRP). Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Seth C. Peterson (RELEASED) US Navy 041021-N-0057P-022 An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the Sun Kings of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One One Six (VAW-116), prepares aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

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