Navy yellow shirts signal the launch an F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter aircraft from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during operations May 4, 2019 in the Ionian Sea. The aircraft carrier is part of additional forces being sent to the Middle East to counter what the Trump administration calls clear indications of threats from Iran.

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