Persian Gulf (Dec. 28, 2005) â A plane captain cleans the canopy of an F-14D Tomcat prior to flight operations 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 on a regularly scheduled deployment supporting maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Randall Damm