Friends and family members (right) of Navy sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) watch from behind the flight deck foul lines as an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 151 launches from the ship during the aerial change of command ceremony for Carrier Air Wing 2 while underway in the Pacific Ocean on Oct. 6, 2008.

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