Keywords: US Navy 040623-N-4166B-001 Aviation Machinist Mate Airman Paul Ward, from Orlando, Fla., inspects the afterburner section of a General Electric F404-GE-402.jpg en Pacific Ocean June 23 2004 - Aviation Machinist Mate Airman Paul Ward from Orlando Fla inspects the afterburner section of a General Electric F404-GE-402 enhanced performance turbofan engine used by F/A-18C Hornets aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72 The jet engine can produce 17 700 pounds static thrust and can propel an F/A-18C Hornet to Mach 1 7 almost twice the speed of sound Lincoln is currently conducting local operations in preparation for an upcoming scheduled deployment after 10 1/2 months of dry-docked Planned Incremental Availability PIA maintenance U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Jordon Beesley RELEASED 2004-06-23 040623-N-4166B-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 15450 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Jordon Beesley PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 |