Keywords: US Navy 030321-N-6895M-501 An F-14 Tomcat assigned to the.jpg en The Mediterranean Mar 22 2003 -- An F-14D Tomcat assigned to the Black Lions of Fighter Squadron 213 VF-213 prepares to launch from the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN 71 Roosevelt and Carrier Air Wing Eight 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 2nd Class James K McNeil RELEASED 2003-03-22 030321-N-6895M-501 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 5525 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-14D Tomcat on flight decks F-14 Tomcat aircraft carrier launches Fighter Squadron 213 United States Navy USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 flight deck |