Το USS Abraham Lincoln συμφωνα με την ιστορια, το 2001 ηταν σταθμευμενο στο Puget Sound Naval Shipyard οπου γινοντουσαν εργασιες στο πλοιο. Το 2002 ξεκινησε την περιοδεια του, οποτε πας για την περιοδεια 2002-2003 οπου και επισκευτηκε τον Περσικο και ενω ειχε παρει τον δρομο της επιστροφης και ειχε φτασει στην Αυστραλια, πηρε εντολες να επιστρεψει στον Κολπο λογω της εναρξης της επιχειρησης Iraqi Freedom. Ηταν η μεγαλυτερη περιοδεια αεροπλανοφορου τις τελευταιες 3 δεκαετιες.
August 17, 2000 USS Abraham Lincoln departed homeport for a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific and Arabian Gulf.
February 10, 2001 USS Abraham Lincoln returned to Everett after completing the six-month underway period. Carrier air Wing (CVW) 14 aircraft fly nearly 1,500 sorties over Iraq. The ship also visited Hongkong; Singapore; Perth, Australia, and Hobart, Tasmania.
In April of 2001, CVN 72 moved to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for a scheduled Planned Incremental Availability. After completing PIA in October, the aircraft carrier began workup exercises for its next deployment.
Sailors and officers aboard USS Abraham Lincoln headed to the Arabian Sea in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in late July 2002. The carrier and crew embarked CVW 14 in San Diego and headed across the Pacific with other ships from the battle group. Abe relieved the George Washington Battle Group in the Persian Gulf on or about September 11, and conducted operations in support of Southern Watch for nearly three months when it departed the Gulf and transited out of the region after being relieved by the Constellation.
The ship earned the Battle "E" award for 2002, even with turnovers in leadership. Commanding Officer Capt. Kendall Card took command upon entering 5th Fleet in November, three months into deployment. The day after taking command, CVW 14 aircraft launched from his new ship to fly strike missions in the (then) southern no-fly zone over Iraq.
By early-to-mid December CVN 72 had been relieved by the CV 64 and began transiting back to the United States. On December 18 she was in the Indian Ocean headed for Australia. She arrived in Freemantle on December 22 for a port call where she remained until Dec. 26.
In late December reports from the Navy surfaced indicating that a carrier, either the USS Abraham Lincoln or the USS Kitty Hawk would be redeployed to the Persian Gulf in light of escalating tensions between Iraq and the US. At that time it was unclear if the Abe would remain deployed or if they had been just alerted of the possibility. On December 30 the Abe Battle Group was located south of Australia. On December 31, new reports indicated that the Lincoln had indeed been ordered to remain at sea and to redeploy for the Gulf. On January 2, 2003, according to Navy documents, the aircraft carrier was reported to be Northwest of Australia. On January 3, the West Australian reported that the ship would be returning to Freemantle for an extended stay for repairs and maintenance before it would redeploy for the Persian Gulf.In the first 17 days of OIF alone, CVW 14 aircraft dropped 1.6 million pounds of ordnance in support of the war.
USS Abraham Lincoln SG and Carrier Air Wing 14 began heading home for their respective home ports on or about April 9 following an extended deployment that was the longest for an aircraft carrier in three decades.
May 5, CVN 72 returned to Naval Station Everett after nearly ten-month extended deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Reports from the Associated Press in mid-May indicate that the USS Abraham Lincoln will undergo nearly 10.5 months of maintenance and yard time, in Pudget Sound Naval Shipyard, to recover from the 02-2 deployment. That would make the carrier available as an emergency surge ship no sooner than June 2004.
Στο αεροπλανοφορο τοτε ηταν οι μοιρες
VF-31 1XX
VFA-115 2XX
VFA-113 3XX
VFA-25 4XX
VAQ-139 5XX
VAW-113 6XX
HS-4 61X
VS-35 7XX
VRC-30
To πρωτο σετ χαλκομανιων για το F/A-18E και F-14D ειναι ολοσωστο για το 2002. Το δευτερο για το Hawkeye ειναι σωστο για το 2000-2001. Λογικα δεν πρεπει να ειχαν γινει αλλαγες στο σχεδιο των καθετων για το 2002. Δεν εχω βρει φωτογραφια του 2002 για την VAW-113.
Εδω ενα φωτορεπορταζ απο την περιοδεια του 2000. Ελαχιστες οι διαφορες στα αεροπλανα με κυριοτερη την αλλαγη των hornet της VFA-115 απο -C σε Super Hornet -E
http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/cvw14rk_1.htmΚι εδω φωτογραφιες απο τις περιοδειες του CVW-14 απο το 1979 εως σημερα
http://www.seaforces.org/usnair/CVW/Carrier-Air-Wing-14.htm 
