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Russian fleet carrier Admiral Kuznetsov INS Viraat (top), a light carrier, and INS Vikramaditya (bottom), a medium-sized fleet carrier. A fleet carrier is an aircraft carrier designed to operate with the main fleet of a nation's navy. The term was developed during World War II, to distinguish it from the escort carrier and other less capable ...
USS Boxer (CV/CVA/CVS-21, LPH-4) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, and the fifth ship to be named for HMS Boxer. She was launched on 14 December 1944 and christened by the daughter of a US Senator from Louisiana .
Delivery of the C-21A fleet began in April 1984 and was completed in October 1985. There are 38 Air Force active duty aircraft, and 18 Air National Guard aircraft in the C-21A fleet. On 1 April 1997, all continental U.S.-based C-21As were realigned under Air Mobility Command , with the 375th Airlift Wing at Scott Air Force Base , Illinois, as ...
C-21, C 21, or C21 may refer to: C21 Sako TRG M10 Sniper Weapon System, Canadian Armed Forces sniper rifle. C21 (group), a Danish boy band C21, 2003; C-21 Dolphin, a flying boat used by the United States Army Air Corps; HMS C21, a 1909 British C class submarine; Learjet C-21, an American military transport aircraft; Sauber C21, a 2002 racing car
German Navy Berlin-class replenishment ship. An auxiliary ship is a naval ship designed to support combatant ships and other naval operations. [1] Auxiliary ships are not primary combatant vessels, though they may have some limited combat capacity, usually for purposes of self-defense.
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In 1944 AIRLANT deployed 16 carriers, 20 carrier air groups, 67 carrier-based squadrons, 21 patrol squadrons and 18 aviation units to the Pacific. [1] On 30 July 1957, the command added "Naval" to its title. An important subordinate command for a long period was Commander, Fleet Air Keflavik, at what was Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland. [2]
HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21) was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier that served the Royal Canadian Navy from 1948–1957. Initially ordered by the Royal Navy during World War II, the Royal Canadian Navy acquired the Magnificent while waiting for another aircraft carrier to be completed to their needs and it entered service in 1948 replacing in service HMCS Warrior which had been loaned for ...