Keywords: US Navy 030331-N-9228K-019 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).jpg en 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 2003-03-31 030331-N-9228K-019 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 6167 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Michael S Kelly PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aviation Boatswain's Mates F/A-18E Super Hornet on flight decks Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 |