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Caption:
Atlantic Ocean (July 28, 2006) -- Aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN
71), an F-14D Tomcat assigned to the "Tomcatters" of Fighter Squadron
Three One (VF-31), aircraft number 112, maneuvers over the number three
catapult, while making final preparations for the last catapult launch
of an F-14 Tomcat fighter aircraft. The last launch marks the end
of an era for Naval Aviation. The F-14 will officially retire in
September 2006, after 32 years of service to the fleet. Theodore
Roosevelt is completing Joint Task Force Exercises with USS Dwight D.
Eisenhower (CVN 69). U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communications Specialist
Seaman Sheldon Rowley (RELEASED)
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