Crew members line the railing aboard the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61) as a crowd of family and friends welcomes them home. The RANGER has returned to Naval Air Station, North Island following deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm
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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM
Base: San Diego
State: California(CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michael Puche
Release Status: Released to Public
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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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