Caption:
Arabian Gulf (Jan. 22, 2004) -- Flight deck personnel aboard USS
Enterprise (CVN 65) make final checks to an F-14A Tomcat assigned to
the "Checkmates" of Fighter Squadron Two One One (VF-211) before it
launches from one of two catapults on the ship's bow of the nuclear
powered aircraft carrier. Enterprise is in the Arabian Gulf
region on a regularly scheduled deployment, conducting missions in
support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the continued war on
terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Jhi L.
Scott. (RELEASED)
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