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Naval Air Facility, Atsugi, Japan (Sep. 24, 2002) U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Klas Santa Ohman assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Nine Five (VFA-195) has been selected to fly a replica of the Wright brothers 1902 glider in Kitty Hawk, N.C., during a commemorative event called Return to Kitty Hawk Oct. 5-8. Events are designed to celebrate the 100th year of controlled flight. Ohman, a USS Kitty Hawk-based F/A-18C Hornet pilot, will be joined by Army Capt. Tanya Markow, an AH-64A Apache pilot. USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) is the only permanently forward deployed U.S. aircraft carrier, operating out of Yokosuka, Japan. The replica of the 1902 glider is built by the Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company, an educational organization established to further the interests of young people in aviation careers. U.S. Navy photo by Lt.j.g. Nicole Kratzer. File# 020924-N-8019K-440
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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