A Sailor assigned to Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) leans on an F/A-18 Hornet, while waiting for the next launch cycle.
Summary
Pacific Ocean (Jun. 21, 2006) A Sailor assigned to Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) leans on an F/A-18 Hornet, while waiting for the next launch cycle on the flight deck aboard the conventionally-powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) during Exercise Valiant Shield 2006. Valiant Shield focuses on integrated joint training among U.S. military forces, enabling real-world proficiency in sustaining joint forces and in detecting, locating, tracking and engaging units at sea, in the air, on land and cyberspace in response to a range of mission areas. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Benjamin Dennis File# 060621-N-9389D-157
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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