Keywords: US Navy 060227-N-7241L-006 An Aviation Boatswain's Mate gives the signal to bring tension to an F-14D Tomcat.jpg en Mediterranean Sea Feb 27 2006 - An Aviation Boatswain's Mate gives the signal to bring tension to an F-14D Tomcat assigned to the Tomcatters of Fighter Squadron 31 VF-31 before it launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN 71 Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight CVW-8 are currently on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting maritime security operations U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Nathan Laird RELEASED 2006-02-27 060227-N-7241L-006 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 32368 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Nathan Laird PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-14D Tomcat on flight decks F-14 Tomcat aircraft carrier launches Fighter Squadron 31 United States Navy USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 flight deck Aviation Boatswain's Mates Photographs by Nathan Laird |