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A flight deck crew member gives a thumbs up signal indicating the F-14 Tomcat fighter is ready for a catapult launch from the flight deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) for a NATO Operation Allied Force mission on May 5, 1999. Roosevelt and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 are operating in the Adriatic Sea in support of Operation Allied Force which is the air operation against targets in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

A flight deck crew member gives a signal indicating the F-14 Tomcat fighter is ready for launch.

A flight deck crew member gives a thumbs up signal indicating the F-14 Tomcat fighter is ready for a catapult launch from the flight deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) for a NATO Operation Allied Force mission on May 5, 1999. Roosevelt and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 are operating in the Adriatic Sea in support of Operation Allied Force which is the air operation against targets in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

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