Keywords: US Navy 030413-N-7130B-504 F-A-18 Hornet prepares to launch from USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).jpg en Mediterranean Sea Apr 13 2003 -- An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Golden Warriors of Strike Fighter Squadron Eight Seven VFA-87 awaits launch from the flight deck aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN 71 Roosevelt and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight CVW-8 are conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national 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 Aaron Burden RELEASED 2003-04-13 030413-N-7130B-504 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 6695 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Aaron Burden PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 flight deck Strike Fighter Squadron 87 United States Navy |