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U.S. Navy Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Cesar Rios repairs a main rotor spindle of an SH-60 Seahawk helicopter onboard the Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) on Aug. 21, 2006. The main rotor spindle prevents the blade from flapping during flight. Currently underway in the Indian Ocean, KITTY HAWK demonstrates power projection and sea control as the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Joshua Wayne LeGrand) (Released)
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Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Joshua Wayne Legrand, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
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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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