The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) is a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy. The archival photograph captures an EA-18G Growler, attached to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 133, making an arrested landing on the flight deck on 28 February 2026 in support of Operation Epic Fury.

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