Keywords: US Navy 030322-N-2410G-503 An F-A-18 Hornet assigned to the.jpg en The Mediterranean Mar 22 2003 -- An F/A-18 Hornet assigned to the Hunters of Strike Fighter Squadron Two Zero One VFA-201 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 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-503 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 5538 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy F/A-18A Hornet on flight decks Strike Fighter Squadron 201 United States Navy USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 flight deck |