VF-31 "Tomcatters" jet, AJ-110 sits on the flight deck of CVN-71 with other Tomcats awaiting their next missions. USS Theodore Roosevelt and CVW-8 were deployed during 2005, in support of O.I.F. This was the last combat cruise for the F-14 Tomcat.
VF-31 "Tomcatters" jet, AJ-103 sits on the flight deck of CVN-71. USS Theodore Roosevelt and CVW-8 were deployed during 2005, in support of O.I.F. This was to be the last combat cruise by the final two Tomcat units, VF-31 and VF-213.
VF-213 "Black Lions" CO jet taxies along the flight deck of CVN-71, following a trap aboard the carrier. USS Theodore Roosevelt and CVW-8 were deployed during 2005, in support of O.I.F. This was the last combat cruise of the F-14 Tomcat.
VAW-124 "Bear Aces" CAG jet, AJ-600 hooked up to the catapult on the flight deck of CVN-71, ready for launch. USS Theodore Roosevelt and Carrier Air Wing Eight were deployed during 2005, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
VAW-124 "Bear Aces" CO jet, AJ-601 hooked up to the catapult on the flight deck of CVN-71, ready for launch. USS Theodore Roosevelt and Carrier Air Wing Eight were deployed during 2005, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
A signt never to be repeated. AJ-106 sits tightly packed with other Cat's on the flight deck of CVN-71, somewhere in the Persian Gulf awaiting their next missions. USS Theodore Roosevelt and CVW-8 were deployed during 2005 in support of O.I.F.
GOOD TO GO! VAQ-141 "Shadowhawks" CAG jet, AJ-500 prepares to launch for a combat mission over Iraq from the flight deck of CVN-71, somewhere in the Persian Gulf. USS Theodore Roosevelt and CVW-8 were deployed during 2005 in supoort of O.I.F.
HS-3 Seahawk, photographed departing CVN-71 for a mid morning mission. USS Theodore Roosevelt and Carrier Air Wing Eight were deployed in 2005 to the Gulf in support of "Operation Iraqi Freedom".