041027-N-0057P-096 Pacific Ocean (Oct. 27, 2004) - An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the “Vigilantes” of Strike Fighter Squadron One Five One (VFA-151), launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) are currently deployed to the Western Pacific Ocean. Carrier Strike Group Nine (CSG-9) is the first to be used in the Surge Role in support of the Chief of Naval Operations Fleet Response Plan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Seth C. Peterson (RELEASED)
041026-N-4953E-003 Atlantic Ocean (Oct. 26, 2004) - An F-14B Tomcat assigned to the “Swordsmen” of Fighter Squadron Three Two (VF-32), launches off the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The Truman Carrier Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism and is currently conducting carrier qualifications off the East coast of the United States. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Danny Ewing Jr. (RELEASED)
041003-F-3188G-247 Iraq (Oct. 3, 2004) – A pair of U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers fly over Iraq at sunset during a mission in support of Operation Iraq Freedom (OIF). The AV-8B is uniquely suited for all weather, day and night, air to ground support missions, while supporting combat forces on the ground. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt Erik Gudmundson (RELEASED)