Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) Aircrewman Yuichi Imanishi waits to escort distinguished visitors to a Japanese MSDF SH-60J Seahawk multi-mission helicopter, parked on the flight deck of the Kitty Hawk Class Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), on Nov. 14, 2006, while the KITTY HAWK and its Strike Group are participating in Exercise ANNUALEX, a bilateral annual exercise designed to improve relationships and cooperation between the U.S. Navy and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Jarod R. Hodge) (Released)
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Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
Scene Camera Operator: MC3 Jarod Hodge, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
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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
14/11/2006
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The U.S. National Archives
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