Keywords: US Navy 030401-N-6817C-008 The catapult officer checks all aspects of safety before launching an E-2C Hawkeye from aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).jpg en The Arabian Gulf Apr 1 2003 -- The catapult officer checks all aspects of safety before launching an E-2C Hawkeye from aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72 The Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen CVW-14 are 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 Tyler J Clements RELEASED 2003-04-01 030401-N-6817C-008 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 6173 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Tyler J Clements PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye aircraft carrier take-offs |