Keywords: 011010-N-6520M-006 F-14 Launch.jpg en 011010-N-6520M-006 Aboard USS Carl Vinson Oct 10 2001 -- A U S Navy F-14D Tomcat from the Black Lions of Fighter Squadron 213 VF-213 streaks by as it launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson CVN 70 Navy aircraft are launched from carriers by means of a steam-powered catapult The Carl Vinson is operating in the Arabian Sea in support of operation Enduring Freedom U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 1st Class Greg Messier RELEASED 2001-10-10 011010-N-6520M-006 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 146 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 1st Class Greg Messier PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 F-14D Tomcat F-14 Tomcat aircraft carrier launches Fighter Squadron 213 United States Navy October 2001 photographs |