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A catapult officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) gives the signal to launch a Fighter Squadron 102 (VF-102) F-14A Tomcat aircraft. The aircraft of Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) are returning to their home bases after being deployed aboard the AMERICA for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. The AMERICA and its battle group will return to Naval Station, Norfolk, Va., on April 18th
A catapult officer stands in the steam rising from the tracks of a catapult aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) as a member of the catapult crew directs an aircraft into launch position. The aircraft of Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) are returning to their home bases after being deployed aboard the AMERICA for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. The AMERICA and its battle group will return to Naval Station, Norfolk, Va., on April 18th
A catapult crewman sits at his control console on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) between launches as the aircraft of Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) depart the ship to return to their home bases after being deployed aboard the AMERICA for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. The AMERICA and its battle group will return to Naval Station, Norfolk, Va., on April 18th
A Strike Fighter Squadron 82 (VFA-82) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft taxis into the steam rising from a catapult aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) as it moves into position for launch. The aircraft of Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) are returning to their home bases after being deployed aboard the AMERICA for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. The AMERICA and its battle group will return to Naval Station, Norfolk, Va., on April 18th
A Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 123 (VAW-123) E-2C Hawkeye aircraft is launched from the No. 1 catapult aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66). The aircraft of Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) are returning to their home bases after being deployed aboard the AMERICA for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. The AMERICA and its battle group will return to Naval Station, Norfolk, Va., on April 18th
A US Navy F/A-18C Hornet aircraft launches from the number two steam-powered catapult onboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) while a US Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler aircraft is directed into launch position on catapult number one during operations in the Pacific Ocean. REAGAN is currently underway conducting Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class Aaron Burden) (Released)
A flight deck crewman signals the pilot of a Fighter Squadron 33 (VF-33) F-14A Tomcat aircraft to raise his tailhook after landing aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). VF-33 is part of Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1), which is assigned to the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA
Two Strike Fighter Squadron 86 (VFA-86) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft are brought up from the hangar deck on an elevator aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) during flight operations. The aircraft of Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) are departing from the ship to return to their home bases after being deployed aboard the AMERICA for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. The America and its battle group will return to Naval Station, Norfolk, Va., on April 18th
A ground guide signals to the pilot of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft as the aircraft taxis across the ramp. The fighter and heavy attack squadrons of Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) are returning to Oceana following their deployment to the Persian Gulf region aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm
A catapult officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) gives the signal to launch a Fighter Squadron 33 (VF-33) F-14A Tomcat aircraft. The aircraft of Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) are returning to their home bases after being deployed aboard the AMERICA for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. The AMERICA and its battle group will return to Naval Station, Norfolk, Va., on April 18th
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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELDDESERT STORM
Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2(Ac) Thomas E. Witham
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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17/04/1991
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