Keywords: US Navy 030401-N-4154B-502 An Aviation Boatswain's Mate signals to the pilots of an F-14D Tomcat assigned to the ^lsquo,Black Lions^rsquo, of Fighter Squadron Two Thirteen (VF-213) on the flight deck of USS Theodore Roosevelt (.jpg en The Mediterranean Sea April 1 2003 -- An Aviation Boatswain's Mate signals to the pilots of an F-14D Tomcat assigned to the Black Lions of Fighter Squadron Two Thirteen VF-213 on the flight deck of USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN 71 The Black Lions are a part of Carrier Air Wing Eight CVW-8 deployed aboard the Roosevelt conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people eliminate weapons of mass destruction and end he regime of Sadaam Hussein U S Navy Photo by Photographer s Mate 3rd Class Matthew Bash RELEASED 2003-04-01 030401-N-4154B-502 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 6258 U S Navy Photo by Photographer s Mate 3rd Class Matthew Bash PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-14D Tomcat on flight decks Aviation Boatswain's Mates F-14 Tomcat aircraft carrier launches Fighter Squadron 213 United States Navy USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 flight deck |