As seen through the canopy of the No. 1 aircraft, a wingman in an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft holds his position slightly behind and to the right of the leader. Both aircraft are from Strike Fighter Squadron 192 (VFA-192), which is assigned to the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41)

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As seen through the canopy of the No. 1 aircraft, a wingman in an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft holds his position slightly behind and to the right of the leader. Both aircraft are from Strike Fighter Squadron 192 (VFA-192), which is assigned to the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41)

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Unknown

Scene Camera Operator: LCDR T.B. Surbridge, USN

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.

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Aircraft carriers

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Date

01/06/1989

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The U.S. National Archives

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https://catalog.archives.gov/

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