Keywords: US Navy 060106-N-7241L-002 An F-14D Tomcat assigned to the Tomcatters of Fighter Squadron Three One (VF-31) is directed into position for launch.jpg en Persian Gulf Jan 6 2006 - An F-14D Tomcat assigned to the Tomcatters of Fighter Squadron Three One VF-31 is directed into position for launch as an F/A-18C Hornet waits to launch also from the on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN 71 Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight CVW-8 are underway on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting maritime security operations U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Nathan Laird RELEASED 2006-01-06 060106-N-7241L-002 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 31062 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Nathan Laird PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-14D Tomcat on flight decks USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 flight deck F/A-18C Hornet on flight decks Strike Fighter Squadron 31 United States Navy Photographs by Nathan Laird |