F 14 D Tomcat VF 213 Blacklions

The last F14D to launch from the deck of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Carrier Airwing 8 (CVW8). VF213 were deployed to the 5th Fleet s area of responsibility onbaord USS Theodore Roosevelt in September of 2005. That deployment was the last one for the F14 Tomcats. Fighter Squadron (VF) 213 s aircraft 204 was trapped at 12:35 a. m. on February 15, 2006. That marked the last recovary of a F14 Tomcat from a combat mission. The Lions returned from deployment in March of 2006.