Aviation Boatswain�s Mate 2nd Class Jesus Salas directs aircraft during flight operations on board USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63).

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Aviation Boatswain�s Mate 2nd Class Jesus Salas directs aircraft during flight operations on board USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63).

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The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 17, 2003) Aviation Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Jesus Salas directs aircraft during flight operations on board USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Kitty Hawk and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) are conducting combat missions in support of Operations Southern Watch and Enduring Freedom. Kitty Hawk is the Navys only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier and operates out of Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Todd Frantom. File# 030317-N-1810F-001

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.