An aviator is reunited with a loved one after arriving at the station along with other members of Carrier AIR WING 1 (CVW-1). The wing, stationed aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66), has returned from deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

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.