A US Navy (USN) aircraft handler directs a USN F-14D Tomcat fighters, Fighter Squadron 31 (VF-31), Tomcatters, Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Virginia (VA), to a steam powered catapult in preparation for launch aboard the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). The ROOSEVELT and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) are currently on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting maritime security operations (MSO) in the Persian Gulf
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Michael D. Cole, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
19/01/2006
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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