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Lt. Cmdr Sean Cushing kisses his daughter after his return from a deployment.
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Atsugi, Japan (May. 22, 2004) Lt. Cmdr Sean Cushing kisses his daughter after his return from a deployment with Strike Fighter Squadron One Nine Five (VFA-195). VFA-195 is assigned to Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) aboard the conventional aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Tracy Hull File# 040522-N-0435H-001
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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