030323-N-9593M-039 The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 23, 2003) -- A flight deck director signals a E-2C Hawkeye to extend his wings in preparation for launch from one of four steam powered catapults aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln is deployed in support of 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 030323-N-9593M-039 A flight deck director signals a E-2C Hawkeye to exten

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030323-N-9593M-039 The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 23, 2003) -- A flight deck director signals a E-2C Hawkeye to extend his wings in preparation for launch from one of four steam powered catapults aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln is deployed in support of 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 030323-N-9593M-039 A flight deck director signals a E-2C Hawkeye to extend his wings in preparation for launch from one of four steam powered catapults aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

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