US Navy (USN) Aviation Ordnancemen, Strike Fighter Squadron 113 (VFA-113), Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, California (CA), manually load a 1,000-pound Guided Bomb Unit 16 (GBU-16) onto an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft during a quick turn around inspection on board the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72). The VFA-113 embarked with Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) on board the LINCOLN. The LINCOLN and Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) are conducting combat operations in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Philip A. Mcdaniel, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
04/10/2002
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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