Keywords: US Navy 030401-N-9228K-004 A flight director signals the pilot of a F-A-18C Hornet before take off from one of four steam powered catapults on the flight deck aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).jpg en The Arabian Gulf Apr 1 2003 -- A flight director signals the pilot of a F/A-18C Hornet before take off from one of four steam powered catapults on the flight deck aboard 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 2003-04-01 030401-N-9228K-004 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 6175 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Michael S Kelly PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 |