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Caption:
The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 28, 2003) -- An F-14D Tomcat assigned to the
"Tomcatters" of Fighter Squadron Three One (VF-31) launches from the
flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in
route to support coalition ground troops. 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. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Philip
A McDaniel. (RELEASED)
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