A red shirt (Ordnance Handler) waits with a pair of GBU-12 Paveway II's and a GBU-38 500LB JDAM, ready to be loaded onto Tomcats and Hornets onboard USS Theodore Roosevelt for missions over the beach
VS-24 "Scouts" CAG jet, AJ-700 about to trap aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71. Roosevelt and CVW-8 were deployed during 2005 in support of O.I.F. This was VS-24's last combat cruise before the unit decommissioned in March 2007.
VS-24 "Scouts" CAG jet, AJ-700 aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71, some where in the Persian Gulf. Roosevelt and CVW-8 were deployed during 2005 in support of O.I.F. This was VS-24's last combat cruise before the unit decommissioned in March 2007.