041026-N-0499M-039 Pacific Ocean (Oct. 26, 2004) - Aviation Ordnancemen load an inert Captive Air Training Missile (CATM-9) on a F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the "Bounty Hunters" of Strike Fighter Squadron Two (VFA-2) prior to flight operations 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 Photographe

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041026-N-0499M-039 Pacific Ocean (Oct. 26, 2004) - Aviation Ordnancemen load an inert Captive Air Training Missile (CATM-9) on a F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the "Bounty Hunters" of Strike Fighter Squadron Two (VFA-2) prior to flight operations 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-039 Aviation Ordnancemen load an inert Captive Air Training Missile (CATM-9) on a F-A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Bounty Hunters of Strike Fighter Squadron Two (VFA-2)

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