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An A-6E Intruder aircraft, with its arresting hook down, prepares to engage the arresting cable during a landing aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). The A-6E is assigned to Medium Attack Squadron 65 (VA-65). Fifth view in a series of eight

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An A-6E Intruder aircraft, with its arresting hook down, prepares to engage the arresting cable during a landing aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). The A-6E is assigned to Medium Attack Squadron 65 (VA-65). Fifth view in a series of eight

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Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

Scene Camera Operator: PH1 David Maclean

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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06/07/1980
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The U.S. National Archives
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