A crowd gathered for the commissioning ceremony of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) watches a flyover being conducted in honor of the occasion as crew members man the rails aboard the vesseel. F-14A Tomcat and A-6E Intruder aircraft are taking part in the flyover
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Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk
State: Virginia(VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mcclure
Release Status: Released to Public
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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