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Naval air crewmen and Indonesian Soldiers unload relief supplies in the village of Jalan, Sumatra, Indonesia.
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Jalan, Sumatra, Indonesia (Jan. 08, 2005) Naval air crewmen and Indonesian Soldiers unload relief supplies in the village of Jalan, Sumatra, Indonesia, from an MH-60S Nighthawk helicopter assigned to the Gunbearers of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron One One (HC-11). Helicopter squadrons with the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and Sailors from USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) are supporting Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian operation effort in the wake of the Tsunami that struck South East Asia. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is currently operating in the Indian Ocean off the waters of Indonesia and Thailand. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's mate 2nd Class Philip A. McDaniel File# 050108-N-9593M-047
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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