Keywords: US Navy 051113-N-7241L-005 F-A-18C Hornets are staged on the bow prior to flight operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).jpg en Persian Gulf Nov 13 2005 F/A-18C Hornets assigned to the Golden Warriors of Strike Fighter Squadron Eight Seven VFA-87 and the Valions of Strike Fighter Squadron Fifteen VFA-15 are staged on the bow prior to flight operations aboard 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 an offensive aimed at preventing cells of Al Qaeda from entering Iraq through the Syrian border U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Nathan Laird RELEASED 2005-11-13 051113-N-7241L-005 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 29831 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Nathan Laird PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 flight deck Operation Steel Curtain Strike Fighter Squadron 87 United States Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 15 United States Navy Photographs by Nathan Laird |