Cmdr. Edgardo Moreno, the outgoing commanding officer of the Dragonslayers of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron (HS) 11, approaches his SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter.
Summary
ARABIAN GULF (Jul. 06, 2012) Cmdr. Edgardo Moreno, the outgoing commanding officer of the Dragonslayers of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron (HS) 11, approaches his SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter for an airborne change of command ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Enterprise is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Scott Pittman) File# 120706-N-FI736-060
Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion). The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922.