An SH-3H Sea King helicopter pilot goes through his pre-flight checklist with his copilot prior to flying out to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The helicopter will be delivering new crew members and mail to the ship in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm
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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM
Country: Kuwait (KWT)
Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Pete Hatzakos
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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