 Complete the following phrase:  Abraham Lincoln and the carrier battle group and airwing helped deliver the opening salvos and air strikes in Operation Iraqi Freedom. During the airwings deployment, some 16,500 sorties were flown and 1.6 million pounds of ordce were used. Sea Control Squadron 35 VS-35, the Blue Wolves, was instrumental in delivering over of fuel to these strike aircraft, one of the largest aerial refueling undertakings by a carrier aviation squadron in history. The carrier returned home in May 2003, in the process receiving a visit from President George W. Bush before officially ending Abraham Lincolns deployment by docking at San Diego before returning to homeport in Everett, Washington. Bush stated at the time that this was the end to 