An F-14D Tomcat assigned the Bounty Hunters Fighter Squadron Two (VF-2) launches from the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64) towing a TDU-32B/B aerial banner tow target.
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Pacific Ocean (Apr. 01, 2001) An F-14D Tomcat assigned the Bounty Hunters Fighter Squadron Two (VF-2) launches from the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64) towing a TDU-32B/B aerial banner tow target. Tow banners are used as an effective low-cost device for air-to-air and surface-to-air gunnery training and are trailed approximately 1,800 feet behind the tow aircraft. Constellation is currently on a regularly scheduled deployment to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch (OSW). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Daniel J. McLain. File# 010401-N-0295M-001
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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