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A silhouetted view of crewmen on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), as they participate in a search for foreign object damage. Visible in the background is an A-6 Intruder in flight

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A silhouetted view of crewmen on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), as they participate in a search for foreign object damage. Visible in the background is an A-6 Intruder in flight

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Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)

Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

Scene Camera Operator: PHC Ken George

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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15/01/1980
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