Caption:
The Arabian Gulf (Ap;r. 4, 2003) -- The Catapult Officer gives the
single to launch an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the flight deck aboard
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln Carrier Strike Force and
Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are deployed 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 Patricia R. Totemeier. (RELEASED)
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