A pilot from Airborne Early Warning Squadron 117 (VAW-117) is reunited with his loved ones upon his return to the air station. VF-117 and the other squadrons of Carrier Air Wing II (CVW-11) are returning to their home air stations after a deployment aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65)

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A pilot from Airborne Early Warning Squadron 117 (VAW-117) is reunited with his loved ones upon his return to the air station. VF-117 and the other squadrons of Carrier Air Wing II (CVW-11) are returning to their home air stations after a deployment aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65)

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Naval Air Station, Miramar

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: LCDR Art Legare

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Carriers

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.