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The Honorable Paul Wolfowitz (left) Deputy Secretary of Defense (DEPSECDEF) and US Navy (USN) Rear Admiral (RADM) (upper half) Robert Moeller, Commander Ronald Reagan Strike Group, wait on the flight deck of the USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) for the arrival of dignitaries to celebrate the ship's homecoming. The aircraft carrier arrived in its new homeport of Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), California (CA), after a two month voyage around the tip of South America and participating in exercises in support of SUMMER PULSE 2004 with South American Naval forces
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Base: Naval Air Station, North Island
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Charles Edwards Jr., Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
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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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