A close-up view of the markings on the nose of an Attack Squadron 75 (VA-75) A-6E Intruder aircraft parked on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67). Each bomb represents a combat mission flown by the aircraft's crew during Operation Desert Storm
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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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Date
01/03/1991
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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