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030404-N-0050T-005 The Arabian Gulf (Apr. 4, 2003) -- A Plane Captain assigned to the ‘Tomcatters’ of Fighter Squadron Thirty One (VF-31) wipes down the cockpit canopy of an F-14D Tomcat aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln Carrier Strike Force and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are deployed 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 Patricia R. Totemeier. (RELEASED)

030401-N-9951B-020 The Arabian Gulf (Apr. 1, 2003) -- A flight deck director positions an F-14D Tomcat assigned to the ‘Tomcatters’ of Fighter Squadron Thirty-One (VF-31) for launch from one of four steam powered catapults on the flight deck aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham 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 Elizabeth A. Bartneck. (RELEASED)

030328-N-9593M-065 The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 28, 2003) -- An F-14D Tomcat assigned to the “Tomcatters” of Fighter Squadron Three One (VF-31) launches from the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in route to support coalition ground troops. 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 Philip A McDaniel. (RELEASED