A starboard bow view of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) underway off the Virginia Capes. The Kennedy is returning to Naval Station, Norfolk, Va., following its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft of the KENNEDY's air wing flew off the ship yesterday to return to their home stations

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A starboard bow view of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) underway off the Virginia Capes. The Kennedy is returning to Naval Station, Norfolk, Va., following its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft of the KENNEDY's air wing flew off the ship yesterday to return to their home stations

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELDDESERT STORM

Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chad Van

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.