
SUNSET LANDING — An F-14D Tomcat, assigned to the “Blacklions” of Fighter Squadron 213, holds in the landing pattern with its tailhook down after conducting a late evening mission over the Persian Gulf region. VF-213 is assigned to Carrier Air Wing 8, currently embarked aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. U.S. Navy photo by Lt.j.g. Scott Timmester