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An air-to-air, underside view of an F/A-18C Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron 136 (VFA-136) during flight operations off the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) in the Persian Gulf. The aircraft is armed with an AGM-62 Walleye missile

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An air-to-air, underside view of an F/A-18C Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron 136 (VFA-136) during flight operations off the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) in the Persian Gulf. The aircraft is armed with an AGM-62 Walleye missile

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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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11/02/1992
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The U.S. National Archives
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