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Firefighters in proximity suits stand by on the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) during operation El Dorado, a retaliatory strike on Libyan terrorist targets

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Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION EL DORADO

Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Scene Camera Operator: JOC Dave Lee

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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01/01/1986
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