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Operations Specialist 3rd Class Christopher uses high-powered binoculars on forward lookout watch aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) signal bridge during exercise Valiant Shield 2007.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 20, 2007) Operations Specialist 3rd Class Christopher uses high-powered binoculars on forward lookout watch aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) signal bridge during exercise Valiant Shield 2007. The forward lookout watch is responsible for sighting and reporting all ships in the vicinity of Kitty Hawk while at sea. The Kitty Hawk, John C. Stennis and Nimitz Carrier Strike Groups are participating in Valiant Shield 2007, the largest joint exercise in the Pacific this year. Held in the Guam operating area, the exercise includes 30 ships, more than 280 aircraft and more than 20,000 service members from the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. Kitty Hawk is entering the third month of its summer deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Juan Antoine King File# 070813-N-5387K-008
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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