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An F/A-18 Hornet makes its final launch from the flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63).
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Pacific Ocean (May. 22, 2004) An F/A-18 Hornet assigned to the Golden Dragons of Strike Fighter Squadron One Nine Two (VFA-192), makes its final launch from the flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) following the ship's annual spring cruise. The F/A-18 is an all-weather attack aircraft that can also be used as a strike fighter. In its fighter mode, the F/A-18 is used primarily as an escort and for fleet air defense. In its attack mode, it is used for power projection, interdiction and close air support. Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), the conventional aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the world's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jason T. Poplin File# 040522-N-5821P-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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