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Caption:
The Arabian Gulf (Apr. 1, 2003) -- A flight deck director positions an
F-14D Tomcat assigned to the "Tomcatters" of Fighter Squadron
Thirty-One (VF-31) for launch from one of four steam powered
catapults on the flight deck aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
Abraham Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are currently
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 Elizabeth A. Bartneck.
(RELEASED)
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