Keywords: US Navy 030401-N-9951B-020 A flight deck director positions an F-14D Tomcat assigned to Fighter Squadron Thirty-One (VF-31) for launch from one of four steam powered catapults on the flight deck aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CV.jpg en The Arabian Gulf Apr 1 2003 -- A flight deck director positions an F-14D Tomcat assigned to the Tomcatters of Fighter Squadron Thirty-One VF-31 for launch from one of four steam powered catapults on the flight deck aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72 Abraham 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 Elizabeth A Bartneck RELEASED 2003-04-01 030401-N-9951B-020 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 6182 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Elizabeth A Bartneck PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-14D Tomcat on flight decks Fighter Squadron 31 United States Navy USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 flight deck |