Caption:
The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 23, 2003) -- An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to
the ÒEaglesÓ of Strike Fighter Squadron One Fifteen
(VFA-115) launches from the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS
Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) with multiple fuel tanks so it can perform
mid-air refueling. The Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen
(CVW-14) are conducting combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom, 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 Airman
Bernardo Fuller. (RELEASED)
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