[Condor51]

*** Still, the Enterprise - with its compliment of F-14 Tomcat fighters ... Bwahahaha. Bone dead STUPID! ***

You caught that too, what a bunch of maroons.
An easy search would have shown them this:

In the 1970s, Enterprise was refitted to handle F-14 Tomcats,
which operated from the ship from 1974 to 2001.

Maybe they had a deadline to meet ;-)

[NCCarrs]

Ah, but you give too much credit to the source! The Dail Mail is a UK rag, and seeing how the Limeys have become French Poodles it makes sense their writers are stuck in the 20 Century.

My bet is the author viewed Top Gun to prep for the assignment ; - )

[mikhailovich]

This is being done in the event that oil shipment become in jeapordy. If chaos erupts, lines get torched, and enemies threaten worldwide distribution of petroleum from region.

big picture, not to attack libya