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A US Navy (USN) F/A-18C Hornet fighter aircarft assigned to the Knighthawks of Strike Fighter Squadron 136 (VFA-136) banks to the right as it ignites its countermeasure flares during a test of the system before heading into Afghanistan (AFG), on a Close Air Support (CAS) mission. VFA-136, part of USN Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1), is aboard the USN aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65), which is currently on a scheduled six-month deployment in support of Maritime Security Operations (MSO) and the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)
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Country: Arabian Sea
Scene Camera Operator: LT Peter Scheu, USN
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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1922
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The U.S. National Archives
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