An F/A-18C Hornet aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron 22 (VFA-22) moves away from a U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft after conducting an in-flight refueling. VFA-22 is based aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72), which is operating in the Persian Gulf region during its first Western Pacific deployment.
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Scene Camera Operator: LCDR Steven Gnassi
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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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29/09/1991
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The U.S. National Archives
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