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Lt. David Dequeljoe, a Landing Signal Officer (LSO), relays approach and recovery information to Sailors working in the Combat Direction Center (CDC), while an S-3B Viking makes its approach.
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Persian Gulf (Jan. 26, 2005) Lt. David Dequeljoe, a Landing Signal Officer (LSO) assigned to the "Swordsmen" of Fighter Squadron Three Two (VF-32), relays approach and recovery information to Sailors working in the Combat Direction Center (CDC), while an S-3B Viking, assigned to the "Checkmates" of Sea Control Squadron Two Two (VS-22), makes its approach prior to recovering aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The LSO's primary responsibility is the safe and expeditious recovery of fixed-wing aircraft aboard ship. Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) is embarked aboard Truman and is providing close air support and conducting intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance over Iraq. The Truman Carrier Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Kristopher Wilson File# 050126-N-5345W-067
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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