Adm Vern Clark speaks to the media at the COMNAVAIRLANT Change of Command
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Aboard USS Nimitz Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern Clark gives a statement to members of the press following a Change of Command ceremony for the Commander, Naval Air Forces Pacific, held aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68) at the Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, Calif. Under the CNO's realignment initiatives, Vice Adm. Michael D. Malone has assumed command as Commander Naval Air Forces. The admiral, who is dual-hatted as Commander, Naval Air Forces, Pacific Fleet, had also served as the Atlantic Fleet Naval Air Forces commander. U. S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas. File# 020802-N-2385R-010
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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