Aviation boatswain's mates guide the tow bar of an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Kestrels of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137 into a catapult shuttle aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

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Aviation boatswain's mates guide the tow bar of an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Kestrels of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137 into a catapult shuttle aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

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