

The Abraham Lincoln Battle Group would relieve the USS George Washington Battle Group, which was scheduled to return to Norfolk, Va., shortly afterwards. on station for nine months as part of the Abraham Lincoln Battle Group.
#Lincoln battle group code#
11, 2002 - Responding to President Bush's admonition to "Be Ready," Sailors on the 4½-acre flight deck of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) spell out their response as the carrier, her embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW 14) and her Battle Group report on station to support Operation Enduring Freedom. The Lincoln and other ships in its carrier strike group are returning from a. Strike Fighter Squadron 115 (VFA-115) is known as the 'Eagles', callsign 'Talon', a United States Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet strike fighter squadron stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni.Their tail code is NF.It was established as Torpedo Squadron VT-11 on 10 October 1942, redesignated VA-12A on 15 November 1946, VA-115 on 15 July 1948, then finally VFA-115. This image, of sailors spelling out the words "FUCK IRAQ" on the deck on an aircraft carrier, is not genuine, however.Ī visit to the NavSource archives reveals a similar picture and an explanation of the message the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln were really communicating that day: The Navy augmented the Red Sea Battle Groups mission to include Maritime Interception Operations (MIOs) to enforce UN Security Council Resolution 51, which. This picture is reminiscent of another aircraft carrier image that caused a bit of a stir in the fall of 2001, an Associated Press photograph showing a bomb with the words "HIGH JACK THIS FAGS" written on it. On December 30 the Lincoln Battle Group was located south of Australia.
