An F/A-18A Hornet aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron 25 taxis on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64). The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile on the right wing tip and an AGM-45 Shrike air-to-surface anti-radiation missile on the right outboard wing pylon. Aircraft parked in the background include S-3 Vikings, A-6E Intruders and F/A-18A's
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Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Alex C. Hicks
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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Date
01/01/1995
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The U.S. National Archives
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