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Capt. Patrick Driscoll makes his last arrested landing as Commander, Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63).
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At sea aboard USS Kitty Hawk Capt. Patrick Driscoll makes his last arrested landing as Commander, Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Driscoll handed over the reigns of the Navy's only permanently forward deployed Air Wing to Capt. Joseph Aucoin during a unique airborne change of command ceremony. U. S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Bo Flannigan. File# 031205-N-5781F-001
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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