Keywords: US Navy 030325-N-9593M-010 A Naval aviator gives the thumbs up to his plane captain signaling that he and his F-A-18C Hornet are ready to launch from one of four steam driven catapults aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).jpg en Arabian Gulf Mar 25 2003 -- A Naval aviator assigned to the Strikers of Strike Fighter Squadron One One Three VFA-113 gives the thumbs up to his plane captain signaling that he and his F/A-18C Hornet are ready to launch from one of four steam driven catapults aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72 Lincoln and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen CVW-14 are conducting combat missions 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 2003-03-25 030325-N-9593M-010 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 5761 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Philip A McDaniel PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 Military people with thumbs up |