 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Abraham Lincoln neboka rinotakura zvikepe zvehondo uye nhengo dzendege dzakabetsera kugovera salvos yokutanga nokurova kwendege muOperation Iraqi Freedom. Mukati mokuparadzirwa kweairwing, ndege dzinenge 16 500 dzakabhururuka uye mapaundi mamiriyoni 1,6 emagandanga akashandiswa. Sea Control Squadron 35 VS-35, iyo Blue Wolves, yakabatsira mukuendesa mafuta kune idzi ndege dzekurova, imwe yemabasa makuru ekuzadza mweya nendege dzevatakuri munhoroondo. Mutakuri akadzokera kumusha muna May 2003, mukugamuchira kushanya kubva kuMutungamiri George W. Bush vasati vapedza basa re Abraham Lincoln nekusvika kuSan Diego vasati vadzokera kumusha kuEverett, Washington. Bush akataura panguva iyoyo kuti uyu wakanga uri mugumo kumabasa makuru okurwamuIraq. Nepo kutaura uku kwakaitika panguva imwe chete nekuguma kwechikamu chehondo chechinyakare, kutaura kwaBush - uye chiratidzo chacho pachacho - zvakava zvine nharo pashure pokunge hondo yemagandanga muIraq yawedzera panguva yokupandukira kweIraq. Kuurawa kukuru, vose vari vaviri vemauto navomuzvarirwo, kwakaitika pashure pehurukuro. White House yakati mabasa avo akagadzira mureza wacho. Sezvakatsanangurwa naCmdr. Conrad Chun, mutauriri weNavy, Banner raiva pfungwa yeNavy, pfungwa yengarava. Pfungwa yacho yakabuda mune imwe yemisangano iri mungarava ichigadzirira kudzoka kwayo kumusha uye yakafunga kuti kwaizova kwakanaka kuva nechikwangwani chinoti, Basa Raitwa. Vafambisi vengarava ipapo vakabvunza kana White House yaigona kuita kuti chiratidzo chacho chigadziriswe... Mureza wacho wairatidza kupedzwa kwokubudirira kwokuiswa kwechikepe chacho, Cmdr. Chun akapfuurira kudaro, achicherechedza kuti Abraham Lincoln akaiswa mumabasa kwemazuva 290, nguva yakareba kupfuura imwe ngarava ipi neipi inotakura ndege ine simba renyukireya munhau. Rekodhi iyi yaizoputswa gare gare muna 2020. 