San Diego, Calif., Sept. 30, 2002 — An aerial view of San Diego Harbor with four of the Navy's aircraft carriers moored at the Naval Air Station, North Island. The carriers are (from left) USS Constellation (CV-64), USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74). It is rare to have this many carriers in port at any one time.
Pacific Ocean 17 July 2017... F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VFMA) 121 conduct flight operations on the flight deck of USS Wasp(LHD 1) during carrier qualifications and flight deck certifications. VMFA-121 is aboard Wasp assigned under the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit forward deployed to Okinawa, Japan. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Molina/Released)