Keywords: US Navy 051007-N-7241L-002 F-14D Tomcats, assigned to the Tomcatters of Fighter Squadron Three One (VF-31), left, and the ^ldquo,Blacklions.jpg en Persian Gulf Oct 7 2005 - F-14D Tomcats assigned to the Tomcatters of Fighter Squadron Three One VF-31 left and the Blacklions of VF-213 are lowered to the hangar bay using one of four deck-edge aircraft elevators aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN 71 Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight CVW-8 are currently underway on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting maritime security operations U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Nathan Laird RELEASED 2005-10-07 051007-N-7241L-002 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 28802 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Nathan Laird PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-14D Tomcat on flight decks Fighter Squadron 31 United States Navy USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 flight deck Strike Fighter Squadron 31 United States Navy Photographs by Nathan Laird |