The Russian Aircraft Carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, underway in the Mediterranean Sea, was the meeting place for the First Deputy Commander of the Russian Navy and the Commander of the U.S. Navy. The meeting was held to discuss potential professional contacts between the two navies during the carrier's deployment in the Mediterranean
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Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR
Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)
Scene Camera Operator: PHAN David Carter
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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