Keywords: US Navy 030322-N-2410G-509 Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) aircraft await weapons and make final preparations prior to commencing nightly flight operations on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (C.jpg en The Mediterranean Mar 22 2003 -- Carrier Air Wing Eight CVW-8 aircraft await weapons and make final preparations prior to commencing nightly flight operations on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN 71 Roosevelt and CVW-8 are on deployment conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people eliminate Iraq s weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Brad Garner RELEASED 2003-03-22 030322-N-2410G-509 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 5543 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy F/A-18A Hornet on flight decks USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 flight deck |