Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Kimberly Berry (left) and Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Kevin Walter move ordnance on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) on Aug. 7, 2000. The Norfolk, Virginia-based ship and its embarked air wing are currently operating in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH (OSW). August 7th marks the date signifying the Navys 10th year of sustained operations in the region beginning with Operation Desert Shield in 1990. OSW is the mission that enforces the coalition imposed southern "no-fly zone" over Iraq
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Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH
Base: USS George Washington (CVN 73)
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 J. Scott Campbell, USN
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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