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Lt. Cmdr. George Sharp, flight deck handler aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) monitors night flight operations from Flight Deck Control.
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Persian Gulf (Dec. 11, 2004) Lt. Cmdr. George Sharp, flight deck handler aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) monitors night flight operations from Flight Deck Control. Currently, aircraft from Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) embarked aboard Truman is providing close air support, conducting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions in ongoing operations over Iraq. Trumans Carrier Strike Group Ten (CSG-10) and CVW-3 are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. US Navy photo by Photographers Mate Airman Ryan O'Connor File# 041211-N-4308O-037
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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