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Caption:
Persian Gulf (Nov. 17, 2005) -- An F-14D Tomcat, assigned to the
"Blacklions" of Fighter Squadron Two One Three (VF-213), lands on the
flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore
Roosevelt (CVN 71). Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight
(CVW-8) are currently underway in the Persian Gulf supporting Operation
Steel Curtain, a joint U.S.-Iraqi military offensive aimed at
preventing cells of Al Qaeda from entering Iraq through the Syrian
border. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Eben Boothby
(RELEASED)
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