An air-to-air left side view of the Strike Fighter Squadron 136 (VFA-136) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft of the commander of Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW-7), bearing the squadron's name, "Knighthawks." VFA-136 is assigned to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73)
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Scene Camera Operator: CMDR. John Leenhouts
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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
01/06/1992
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The U.S. National Archives
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