PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 1, 2022) An E-2D Hawkeye, assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 117, launches off the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), Dec. 1, 2022. Abraham Lincoln is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Lake Fultz)