Caption:
The Pacific Ocean (Apr. 30, 2003) -- An F-14D Tomcat assigned to
"Tomcatters" of Fighter Squadron Thirty One (VF-31) prepares to launch
during the Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) fly off. USS Abraham
Lincoln (CVN 72) and CVW 14 are returning from their 10-month
deployment to the Arabian Gulf 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 Lewis Hunsaker. (RELEASED)
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