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America's big Stick breaks the record. (People Planes Places).


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Caption: Below, Theodore Roosevelt (CVN CVN - Calibration Verification Number
CVN - Card Verification Number (on the back of a credit card)
CVN - Carrier Vessel Nuclear
CVN - Certified Vascular Nurse
CVN - Charpy V-Notch (welding)
CVN - Clovis, NM, USA (Airport Code)
CVN - Convene
CVN - Crownvic.net (automobile site)
CVN - Multi-purpose aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion; US Navy ship type)
 71) steams home after 159 days at sea, a post-WW II record. The ship was on station in the Arabian Sea conducting air strikes in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. "The Stick" artwork [C] Hank Caruso, originally commissioned by VAQ VAQ - Electronic Attack Squadron (US Navy)
VAQ - Navy Tactical EW Squadron
VAQ - Tactical Electronics Warfare Squadron (US Navy aviation unit designation used in from 1968 to present)
VAQ - Visiting Airman's Quarters
-141 in 1993, depicts air operations aboard TR.
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Author:Ball, Dan
Publication:Naval Aviation News
Date:Jul 1, 2002
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