Keywords: US Navy 030322-N-2410G-508 An F-A-18 Hornet assigned to the.jpg en The Mediterranean Mar 22 2003 -- An F/A-18 Hornet assigned to the Valions of Strike Fighter Squadron One Five VFA-15 is directed to one of the ship s catapults for 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 Iraq s weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Brad Garner RELEASED 2003-03-22 030322-N-2410G-508 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 5544 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy F/A-18A Hornet on flight decks USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 flight deck Strike Fighter Squadron 15 United States Navy |