A Navy F-14D Tomcat is silhouetted against the sun as it flies a mission over the Persian Gulf on Dec. 4, 2005. The Tomcat and its crew are assigned to Fighter Squadron 213 and are operating off of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Roosevelt and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 are conducting maritime security operations in the Persian Gulf.

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