Keywords: US Navy 030331-N-9228K-008 An F-A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron Forty-One (VFA-41) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) comes in for a landing on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Abraha.jpg en The Arabian Gulf Mar 31 2003 -- An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron Forty-One VFA-41 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz CVN 68 comes in for a landing on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72 Nimitz is lending four of her Air Wing s Super Hornets to the Lincoln to provide for a mix of fighter/tanker capabilities to support coalition forces on the ground in Iraq 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-008 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 6166 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Michael S Kelly PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 F/A-18F Super Hornet on flight decks F/A-18 Hornet aircraft carrier landings and backwash Strike Fighter Squadron 41 United States Navy |