A naval aviator from Fighter Squadron 14 (VF-14) raises his arms in happiness upon his return to Oceana following the squadron's deployment to the Red Sea aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm
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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORMDESERT SHIELD
Base: Naval Air Station, Oceana
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Oscar Sosa
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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.
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