030321-N-6895M-501 The Mediterranean (Mar. 22, 2003) -- An F-14 Tomcat assigned to the "Black Lions" of Fighter Squadron Two One Three (VF-213) prepares to launch from the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Roosevelt and Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) are on deployment conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate IraqÕs weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U. S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class

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030321-N-6895M-501 The Mediterranean (Mar. 22, 2003) -- An F-14 Tomcat assigned to the "Black Lions" of Fighter Squadron Two One Three (VF-213) prepares to launch from the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Roosevelt and Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) are on deployment conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate IraqÕs weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U. S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class James K. McNeil. (RELEASED) US Navy 030321-N-6895M-501 An F-14 Tomcat assigned to the

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