Keywords: ISIL response 140808-N-CS564-029.jpg en A U S Navy E-2C Hawkeye aircraft assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 124 launches off the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H W Bush in the Persian Gulf Aug 8 2014 as the ship supports operations in Iraq President Barack Obama authorized humanitarian aid deliveries to Iraq as well as targeted airstrikes to protect U S personnel from extremists known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant U S Central Command directed the operations 2014-08-08 VAW https //www dvidshub net/image/1594104 140808-N-CS564-029 2014-10-03 00 03 USS GEORGE H W BUSH CVN 77 AT SEA PD-USGov-Military-Navy Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye aircraft carrier take-offs USS George H W Bush CVN-77 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |