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Operations on USS Abraham Lincoln 2002 - Photo Gallery |
Ordnance being preopared for loading on aircraft of the USS
Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Northern Arabian Gulf, November
2002, while supporting Operation 'Southern Watch'. Weapons include
JDAM satellite guided bombs and Sidewinder air-to-air missiles...
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Nose art on the 'CAG bird' Super Hornet of VFA-115 commemorating
New York City firefighters who died during the 9/11 attacks.
The aircraft is embarked on USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in
the Northern Arabian Gulf, November 2002, while supporting Operation
'Southern Watch' ...
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A Sikorsky SH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter lands on USS Abraham Lincoln
(CVN 72) in the Northern Arabian Gulf, November 2002, after
flying a patrol while supporting Operation 'Southern Watch'...
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Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornets are making their combat debute
on USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Northern Arabian Gulf,
November 2002, while supporting Operation 'Southern Watch' ...
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Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornets are seeing combat for the first
time on USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Northern Arabian
Gulf, November 2002, while supporting Operation 'Southern Watch'.
This is the ship's 'CAG bird' ...
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The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) has three squadrons of Boeing
F/A-18C Hornets embarked: VFA-25 and -113 with the F/A-18C and
VFA-115 with the F/A-18E Super Hornet. The ship is operating
in the Northern Arabian Gulf, November 2002, while supporting
Operation 'Southern Watch'...
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Boeing F/A-18C Hornets and F/A-18E Super Hornets are the main
strike jets embarked on the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in
the Northern Arabian Gulf, November 2002, while supporting Operation
'Southern Watch'...
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A Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet of VFA-115 lands on USS Abraham
Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Northern Arabian Gulf, November 2002,
while supporting Operation 'Southern Watch'...
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Ordnance personnel prepare satellite-guided JDAMs for loading
on Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft on USS Abraham Lincoln
(CVN 72) in the Northern Arabian Gulf, November 2002, supporting
Operation 'Southern Watch' ...
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The JDAM is the weapon of choice for Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet
pilots of VFA-115, which is embarked on USS Abraham Lincoln
(CVN 72) in the Northern Arabian Gulf, November 2002, supporting
Operation 'Southern Watch' ...
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Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornets and Grumman F-14D Tomcats being
prepared for action on USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Northern
Arabian Gulf, November 2002, while supporting Operation 'Southern
Watch' ...
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US Navy pilots return to the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in
the Northern Arabian Gulf, November 2002, after a mission over
southern Iraq as part of Operation 'Southern Watch' ...
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A Lockheed S-3 Viking tanker aircraft on final approach to land
on the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Northern Arabian
Gulf, November 2002, after refuelling strike jets taking part
in Operation 'Southern Watch' ...
© Photos: Tim Ripley |
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A Grumman F-14D Tomcat being prepared for launch from the USS
Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Northern Arabian Gulf, November
2002, while supporting Operation 'Southern Watch' ...
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