Similar
![National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Shuttle [Discovery flying over Washington. D.C., on final journey to its permanent museum home]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTQvMTIvMzEvbmF0aW9uYWwtYWVyb25hdXRpY3MtYW5kLXNwYWNlLWFkbWluaXN0cmF0aW9uLW5hc2Etc3BhY2Utc2h1dHRsZS1kaXNjb3ZlcnktNzE1NDVjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/59/webp "National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Shuttle [Discovery flying over Washington. D.C., on final journey to its permanent museum home]")
Related
An US Navy (USN) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft from Fighter Attack Squadron Three Four (VFA-34) releases countermeasure flares during an air-power demonstration conducted over the Mediterranean Sea, for the Hungarian Minister of Defense, who is visiting aboard the USN NIMITZ CLASS: Aircraft Carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) (not shown). (Duplicate image, see also DNSD0313093 or search 001028N6967M501)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Unknown
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Shane Mccoy, 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.
Tags
Date
28/10/2000
Source
The U.S. National Archives
Copyright info
No known copyright restrictions
