Similar
Related
Air wing Sailors embarked aboard the conventionally-powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) clean the canopy and cockpit of F/A-18 Super Hornets,
Summary
Indian Ocean (Aug. 23, 2006) Air wing Sailors embarked aboard the conventionally-powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) clean the canopy and cockpit of F/A-18 Super Hornets while preparing for flight operations. Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility, Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the U.S. Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Joshua Wayne LeGrand File# 060823-N-8604L-026
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.
Tags
Date
Location
Source
Copyright info
