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041026-N-0499M-096 Pacific Ocean (Oct. 26, 2004) - An Aviation Boatswain's Mate directs an EA-6B Prowler assigned to the "Lancers" of Electronic Attack Squadron One Three One (VAQ-131) onto a catapult prior to launch 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 Airman James R. McGury
041026-N-0499M-096 Pacific Ocean (Oct. 26, 2004) - An Aviation Boatswain's Mate directs an EA-6B Prowler assigned to the "Lancers" of Electronic Attack Squadron One Three One (VAQ-131) onto a catapult prior to launch 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 Airman James R. McGury (RELEASED) US Navy 041026-N-0499M-096 An Aviation Boatswain's Mate directs an EA-6B Prowler assigned to the Lancers of Electronic Attack Squadron One Three One (VAQ-131) onto a catapult
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