Keywords: US Navy 051117-N-7241L-005 An F-14D Tomcat launches from the waist catapults aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) as a pair of F-A-18C Hornets taxi on the flight deck.jpg en Persian Gulf Nov 17 2005 - An F-14D Tomcat assigned to the Blacklions of Fighter Squadron 213 VF-213 launches from the waist catapults aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN 71 as a pair of F/A-18C Hornets taxi on the flight deck preparing from their launch Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight CVW-8 are currently underway in the Persian Gulf supporting Operation Steel Curtain a joint U S -Iraqi military offensive aimed at preventing cells of Al Qaeda from entering Iraq through the Syrian border U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Nathan Laird RELEASED 2005-11-17 051117-N-7241L-005 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 30053 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Nathan Laird PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-14D Tomcat in flight F-14 Tomcat aircraft carrier launches Fighter Squadron 213 United States Navy USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 flight deck Photographs by Nathan Laird |