030401-N-6817C-014 The Arabian Gulf (Apr. 1, 2003) -- An Airman checks the area surrounding an F/A-18E Super Hornet just prior to its launch from one of four steam-powered catapults on the flight deck aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are conducting combat operations 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 Tyler J. Cleme


030401-N-6817C-014 The Arabian Gulf (Apr. 1, 2003) -- An Airman checks the area surrounding an F/A-18E Super Hornet just prior to its launch from one of four steam-powered catapults on the flight deck aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are conducting combat operations 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 Tyler J. Clements. (RELEASED) US Navy 030401-N-6817C-014 An Airman checks the area surrounding an F-A-18E Super Hornet just prior to its launch from one of four steam-powered catapults on the flight deck aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)


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