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U.S. Navy Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Anthony Alison tightens the screws on one of the multiple ejector racks that F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft uses to hold and deploy missiles onboard the Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) on Sept. 12, 2006. Currently underway in the Pacific Ocean, KITTY HAWK demonstrates power projection and sea control as the USN's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Matthew Patton) (Released)
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Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Matthew Patton
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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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1922
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