<-----click on the pictureA Flight Deck Director marshalls a F-14D Tomcat assigned to Fighter Squadron Thirty-One (VF 31), onto catapult one, in preperation for launch. VF-31 along with the rest of Carrier Air Wing FOURTEEN are flying combat missions in Southern Iraq in support of Operation Southern Watch on Nov. 11, 2002. USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and Carrier Air Wing FOURTEEN (CVW 14) are conducting combat operations in support of Operation Southern Watch. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class (AW/PJ) PhilipA. McDaniel) (Released)
Photo by: PH3 PHILIP A. MCDANIEL, Record ID No. (VIRIN): 021111-N-9593M-003