A flight deck member stands by as an Attack Squadron 75 (VA-75) A-6E Intruder aircraft is readied for launch during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)
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Country: Adriatic Sea
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 John Bivera
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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Date
03/03/1993
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The U.S. National Archives
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