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Caption:
The Arabian Gulf (Apr. 1, 2003) -- An Airman checks the area
surrounding an F/A-18E Super Hornet just prior to its launch from one
of four steam-powered catapults on the flight deck aboard USS Abraham
Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14)
are 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 Tyler J. Clements.
(RELEASED)
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