Friends and family members wave signs and flags as they wait for the arrival of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60). The SARATOGA and its battle group are returning to Mayport following their deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm
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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORMDESERT SHIELD
Base: Naval Station, Mayport
State: Florida (FL)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Margo Frazier
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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