An F/A-18A Hornet aircraft of Fighter Attack Squadron 25 (VFA-25) approaches to land aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) during recovery operations. The aircraft has a low visibility paint scheme. An EA-6B Prowler and another F/A-18A aircraft are visible to the left
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
Scene Camera Operator: LT B.F. Moore
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
15/01/1984
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The U.S. National Archives
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