Keywords: US Navy 030328-N-9593M-065 An F-14D Tomcat assigned to the ^ldquo,Tomcatters^rdquo, of Fighter Squadron Three One (VF-31) launches from the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).jpg en The Arabian Gulf Mar 28 2003 -- An F-14D Tomcat assigned to the Tomcatters of Fighter Squadron Three One VF-31 launches from the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72 in route to support coalition ground troops 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 Philip A McDaniel RELEASED 2003-03-28 030328-N-9593M-065 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 6000 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Philip A McDaniel PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-14D Tomcat in flight F-14 Tomcat aircraft carrier launches Fighter Squadron 31 United States Navy Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 Strike Fighter Squadron 31 United States Navy |