He posed for photographs with pilots and members of the ship's crew while wearing a flight suit. A few hours later, he gave a speech announcing the end of major combat operations in the Iraq War. Behind and above him hung a banner that said "Mission Accomplished."

On May 1, 2003, dressed in a Top Gun flight suit, President George W. Bush was flown onto the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off the coast of San Diego. The aircraft, a Lockheed S-3 Viking, was stenciled "George W. Bush, Commander-in-Chief."

On May 1, 2003, President George W. Bush appeared in a nationally televised address aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, standing in front of a “Mission Accomplished” banner.

May 2, 2003 · As it buzzed the deck, the words ''George W. Bush, Commander in Chief'' could be seen, carefully painted just below the flight canopy. It was the landing that gave the Secret Service and the...

He posed for photographs with pilots and members of the ship's crew while wearing a flight suit. A few hours later, he gave a speech announcing the end of major combat operations in the Iraq War.

May 2, 2023 · Twenty years ago, President George W. Bush landed in a twin-engine Navy jet on an aircraft carrier, strode across the deck in a bulky flight suit and proceeded to give a televised victory speech under a huge red-white-and-blue banner announcing “Mission Accomplished.”

May 1, 2023 · Twenty years ago, President George W. Bush landed in a twin-engine Navy jet on an aircraft carrier, strode across the deck in a bulky flight suit and proceeded to give a televised victory speech under a huge red-white-and-blue banner announcing “Mission Accomplished.”

Sep 20, 2001 · Here are 10 facts about George W. Bush. President George W Bush in his flight suit during service in the Texas Air National Guard. 1. George W. Bush served as a military pilot. George W. Bush flew military aircraft for the Texas and Alabama Air National Guard.

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Flight logs released in September 2004 in response to a lawsuit (see below) showed that Bush, who had been flying in the F-102A Delta Dagger, a single-seater interceptor, for most of his career, flew nine times in T-33 trainers in February and March 1972 – nearly twice as many times as he had flown in T-33s in the prior 18 months. [18][19 ...