VF-31 Tomcatters CAG jet, AJ-100 about to trap aboard CVN-71 following a combat sortie over Iraq. CVN-71 deployed during 2005 in support of O.I.F. This was the last combat cruise by the final two Tomcat units, VF-31 and VF-213.
GOOD TO GO! Hooked up to the catapult and ready, VF-31 Tomcatters CAG jet, AJ-100 prepares to launch from CVN-71 on a combat sortie over Iraq. USS Theodore Roosevelt and Carrier Air Wing Eight were deployed during 2005, in support of O.I.F