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At sea aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)  Apr. 15, 2002 --  Lt Lucas "Spicoli" Kadar, of Annapolis Md, conducts "final checks" on his F-14D Tomcat before launching from one of four steam catapult systems aboard Abraham Lincoln.  Lt Kadar is assigned to the "Tomcatters" of Fighter Squadron Three One (VF-31).  Abraham Lincoln and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are enroute to the Gulf of Alaska to conduct missions in support of Operation "Northern Edge".  U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Derrick Eisenbeis. (RELEASED)

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F-14
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