SH-60 Seahawk provides plane guard support.
Summary
At sea with USS Nimitz An SH-60 Seahawk helicopter assigned to the Indians of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Six (HS-6) provides plane guard, search and rescue (SAR) operations during flight operations over the Pacific ocean. Nimitz is undergoing Tailored Ships Training Availability (TSTA) operations Two and Three off the California coast. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Apprentice Mark Rebilas. File# 020916-N-6213R-002
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.
