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The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 31 2003) -- An Aviation Boatswain's Mate directs an F/A-18E Super Hornet onto the flight line in preparation for launch from one of four steam-powered catapults on the flight deck of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).  Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are currently 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 Michael S. Kelly. (RELEASED)

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Service Branch
US Navy
Primary Equipment
F/A-18
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