Keywords: US Navy 030401-N-9593M-038 Pilots assigned toStrike Fighter Squadron Forty-One (VFA-41) attached to USS Nimitz (CVN 68) climb out of their F-A-18F Super Hornet and step onto the flight deck aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).jpg en The Arabian Gulf Apr 1 2003 -- Pilots assigned to the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron Forty-One VFA-41 attached to USS Nimitz CVN 68 climb out of their F/A-18F Super Hornet and step onto the flight deck aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72 Nimitz is lending four of her Air Wing s Super Hornets to the Lincoln to provide for a mix of fighter/tanker capabilities to support coalition forces on the ground in Iraq 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 Philip A McDaniel RELEASED 2003-04-01 030401-N-9593M-038 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 6178 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Philip A McDaniel PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 Strike Fighter Squadron 41 United States Navy |