Caption:
Arabian Gulf (Mar. 25, 2003) -- An F/A-18E Super Hornet prepares for
launch from one of four steam driven catapults aboard USS Abraham
Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and her embarked Carrier Air Wing
Fourteen (CVW-14) are conducting combat missions 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 Tyler
J. Clements. (RELEASED)
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