Keywords: US Navy 030407-N-4560C-503 An F-A-18C Hornet prepares to launch from the flight deck aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).jpg en The Mediterranean Sea Apr 7 2003 -- An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the War Party of Strike Fighter Squadron Eighty Seven VFA-87 prepares to launch from the flight deck aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN 71 Roosevelt and Carrier Air Wing Eight CVW-8 are deployed conducting missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Jeffery Carl RELEASED 2003-04-07 030407-N-4560C-503 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 6387 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Jeffery Carl PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 flight deck |