051116-N-5832A-002 Persian Gulf (Nov. 16, 2005) - A Plane Captain assigned to the "Tomcatters" of Fighter Squadron Three One (VF-31), cleans the canopy on one of the squadron's F-14D Tomcats on the flight deck the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) are currently underway in the Persian Gulf supporting Operation Steel Curtain, a joint military offensive aimed at preventing cells of Al Qaeda from entering Iraq through the Syrian border. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Derek Allen (RELEASED)

---

051116-N-5832A-002 Persian Gulf (Nov. 16, 2005) - A Plane Captain assigned to the "Tomcatters" of Fighter Squadron Three One (VF-31), cleans the canopy on one of the squadron's F-14D Tomcats on the flight deck the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) are currently underway in the Persian Gulf supporting Operation Steel Curtain, a joint military offensive aimed at preventing cells of Al Qaeda from entering Iraq through the Syrian border. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Derek Allen (RELEASED) US Navy 051116-N-5832A-002 A Plane Captain cleans the canopy on one of the squadron's F-14D Tomcats

---

Size: 1952px × 1281px
Photo credit: © PJF Military Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -14, -14d, 31, 71, armed, conflict, curtain, cvn, cvn-71, forces, maintanance, military, people, roosevelt, states, steel, super, tomcat, united, vf, vf-31, war