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Plane guard, the Glossary

A plane guard is a warship (commonly a destroyer or frigate) or helicopter tasked to recover the aircrew of planes or helicopters which ditch or crash in the water during aircraft carrier flight operations.^[1]

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Naval aviation
Naval warfare tactics

Aircraft carrier

An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft.

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Amphibious aircraft

An amphibious aircraft, or amphibian, is an aircraft that can take off and land on both solid ground and water.

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Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle group and defend them against a wide range of general threats.

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Frigate

A frigate is a type of warship.

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Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors.

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HMAS Melbourne (R21)

HMAS Melbourne (R21) was a ''Majestic''-class light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1955 until 1982, and was the third and final conventional aircraft carrier to serve in the RAN.

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HMAS Voyager (D04)

HMAS Voyager was a of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), that was lost in a collision in 1964.

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Index of aviation articles

Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft.

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Korean War

The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.

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List of established military terms

This is a list of established military terms which have been in use for at least 50 years.

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Lists of aviation topics

The following lists relate to aviation.

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Melbourne–Evans collision

The Melbourne–Evans collision was a collision between the light aircraft carrier of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and the destroyer of the United States Navy (USN).

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Melbourne–Voyager collision

The Melbourne–Voyager collision, also known as the Melbourne–Voyager incident or simply the Voyager incident, was a collision between two warships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN); the aircraft carrier and the destroyer.

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USS Frank E. Evans

USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754), was an in service with the United States Navy.

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USS Hobson

USS Hobson (DD-464/DMS-26), a, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Richmond Pearson Hobson, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during the Spanish–American War.

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