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Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 2nd Class Patrick Sullivan, assigned to the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Two (HS-2) scans the landscape.
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Guam (Jun. 19, 2006) Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 2nd Class Patrick Sullivan, assigned to the "Golden Falcons" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Two (HS-2) scans the landscape while sitting in the cabin door of an HH-60H helicopter. HS-2, part of Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2), embarked aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), is currently ashore on the island of Guam operating in support of Exercise Valiant Shield 2006. Valiant Shield focuses on integrated joint training among U.S. military forces, enabling real-world proficiency in sustaining joint forces and in detecting, locating, tracking and engaging units at sea, in the air, on land and cyberspace in response to a range of mission areas. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class M. Jeremie Yoder File# 060619-N-6074Y-088
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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