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Lt. Cmdr. Gene Malveaux, from Atlanta, Ga., coordinates the takeoff of an SH-60B Seahawk.
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Pacific Ocean (Jul. 01, 2004) Lt. Cmdr. Gene Malveaux, from Atlanta, Ga., coordinates the takeoff of an SH-60B Seahawk assigned to the "Warloads" of Light Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Five One (HSL-51) during routine flight quarters aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63). Cowpens is forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, as part of the USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Carrier Strike Group (CSG). The Kitty Hawk CSG is one of seven participating in Summer Pulse 2004. Summer Pulse 2004 is the simultaneous deployment of seven aircraft strike groups (CSGs), demonstrating the ability of the Navy to provide credible combat across the globe, in five theaters with other U.S., allied, and coalition military forces. Summer Pulse is the Navy's first deployment under its new Fleet Response Plan (FRP). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Lowell Whitman For more information go to: http://www.cffc.navy.mil/summerpulse04.htm File# 040701-N-1693W-008
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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