Lincoln airmen return home from carrier deployment
More than 70 aircraft left the USS Abraham Lincoln as the first sailors returned to the United States at North Island in Coronado California. Families cheered as C 2 cargo planes landed signaling the end of a 290 day at sea deployment. The Lincoln battlegroup conducted 116 Tomahawk strikes during the Iraq war with no losses.
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Coronado
Calif
United States
Bush
Everex
Wash
North Island Naval Station
Pacific
Jeremy Johnson
Julie
Iraq
Possible Virginia ironclad wreck found off Portsmout h survey hints at Confederate warship
Historians report underwater survey near the Elizabeth River suggests two wrecks may include the Confederate ironclad Virginia and a vanity schooner. If confirmed authorities will require removal before dredging. The survey notes remnants and prior salvage work, with Norfolk era records detailing the famed 1862 battle with the Monitor.
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Portsmcguth
Virginia
Merrimack
Dick Hoffeditz
Virginia War Museum
Newport News
Elizabeth River
Monitor
Mariners’ Museum
Museum of the Confederacy
Richmond
Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Hatteras
N.C
Navy
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Caroline Basden
Washington
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station
Kim Martin
South Carolina
605Th Combat Operations Squadron
Shaw Air Force Base
Doug Extenbusch
Erin
Tammie
Erlenbusch
T. Michael Moseley
Central Command
Prince Sultan
Riyadh
Zachary Johnson
Julie Johnson
Poe
Srasalons.com
Oberlin
Pittsfield
Brighton
Columbia
Michael
Joshua
Ema
Eral
Wit Galt
Laa Council
Fisca Ieci
Lalarek
Hilliard Rd
Elytia
Murray Ridge
Lorain County
Murray Ridge Center
Murray Ridge Levy
Marilynn Hopfer
Infirmary Road
Elyria
Craney Island
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Elyria High School Pioneer Marching Band
Euclid Beach
Ons
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