030325-N-9593M-038 Arabian Gulf (Mar. 25, 2003) -- An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the ÒEaglesÓ Strike Fighter Squadron One One Five (VFA-115) configured in the Mission Tanker role clears the flight deck during combat flight operations aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are conducting combat missions 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 pho

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030325-N-9593M-038 Arabian Gulf (Mar. 25, 2003) -- An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the ÒEaglesÓ Strike Fighter Squadron One One Five (VFA-115) configured in the Mission Tanker role clears the flight deck during combat flight operations aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are conducting combat missions 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 Philip A. McDaniel. (RELEASED) US Navy 030325-N-9593M-038 An F-A-18E Super Hornet configured in the Mission Tanker role clears the flight deck during combat flight operations aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

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