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Two MH-60S Knighthawk helicopters assigned to the �Providers� of Helicopter Composite Squadron Five (HC-5) pass one another during a replenishment detail with USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
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At sea with USS Kitty Hawk Two MH-60S Knighthawk helicopters assigned to the Providers of Helicopter Composite Squadron Five (HC-5) pass one another during a replenishment detail with USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Kitty Hawk and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) are in the Indian Ocean with coalition forces in that area. Kitty Hawk is the Navys only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier and operates out of Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 3rd Class William H. Ramsey. File# 030217-N-0120R-002
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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