1991年4月29日，东地中海，美国海军罗斯福号航空母舰（CVN-71）飞行甲板上VA-36攻击中队的A-6E“入侵者”进行弹射前检查，以支持“保护库尔德难民安全区”不受萨达姆军队袭扰。（A flight deck leading petty officer signals to the pilot of an A-6E Intruder aircraft from Attack Squadron 36 (VA-36) as the aircraft is given a pre-launch check aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the eastern Mediterranean in support of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.）
