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FILMS

The 1980 movie '' The Final Countdown '' is about an encounter by the USS ''Nimitz'' with Japan ese carriers shortly before Pearl Harbor .

The 1986 movie '' Top Gun '' features aircrew from the USS ''Enterprise'' .

The 2001 movie '' Behind Enemy Lines '' features the ''Nimitz''-class carrier USS ''Carl Vinson'' on patrol off the Balkans

The USS Valley Forge (CVA-45) was used for the filming of the 1971 science fiction film '' Silent Running ''.

NOVELS

Stephen Coonts started his Jake Grafton series of aircraft carrier novels with ''Flight of the Intruder]]'' in 1986 . Set in the Vietnam war, it was made into a movie starring Danny Glover and Willem Dafoe in 1991 .

In '' Weapons Of Choice '' by John Birmingham a battle group centred on a supercarrier called the USS Hillary Clinton is thrown from the year 2021 to 1942. Fans have argued over whether the novel is satirical, given Birmingham's background as a humorist.

TV SHOW

The 1995-96 television show featured a fictional ''USS Saratoga'' in 2063. She was the lead ship in the series. This Class of vessel had a designation of SCVN or Space Carrier Vehicle Nuclear.

'' Supercarrier '' was a 1988 eight-episode TV series.

VIDEO GAMES

The '' Wing Commander '' series of computer games and novels takes place on spaceborne aircraft carriers in the 27th century, with the player character being a fighter pilot flying strike missions against alien opponents in an World War II -like interstellar war. Many of the carriers in the game are named for 20th century carriers; examples include ''Lexington'', ''Saratoga'', ''Intrepid'', and '' Midway ''.

In the Computer Game Tie Fighter , the player spends most of the game flying various fighter craft off of Star Destroyers, which function as both aircraft carrier and battleship, sometimes working in support groups.

The title ship of '' Battlestar Galactica '' and the current Remake is another famous and massive aircraft carrier designed for space called a Battlestar . Instead of a flight deck, the fighters launch from and land into winged hangar pods positioned on the sides of the ship.

The Anime '' The Super Dimension Fortress Macross '' (1982-1983) features a space supercarrier, only this time launching Variable Fighter s that transform into Giant Robot s.

In the anime '' RahXephon '', the main carrier ''Lilia Litvyak'' is used to launch fighter planes and other aircraft.

'' Carrier Command '' is a Computer Game for the Amiga , Atari ST , Amstrad CPC and PC platforms, simulating an aircraft carrier with remote-controlled aircraft and amphibious vehicles.

In '''', a PC game developed by Rage Software , the player takes direct control of a high-tech supercarrier which can create and animate autonomous vehicles. The story and dialog of the game were written by noted comic book author Warren Ellis .

The Old Republic from Star Wars has a carrier class of Star Destroyer that can carry 420 starfighters into battle. It is more carrier than Destroyer, and it's class is the ''Venator''-Class Star Destroyer.

COMICS

In the Marvel Universe , the Intelligence Organization , S.H.I.E.L.D. has its headquarters as an aerial carrier type called the Helicarrier .

In the manga version of '' Akira '', an aircraft carrier heads the American fleet as they sail near the ruined Neo-Tokyo. Tetsuo Shima temporarily ''becomes'' the carrier during his attack on the fleet and fires missiles (the missile turrets seem to run on their own under his control). Tetsuo later destroys the carrier by sending the American laser satellite FLOYD crashing down on top of it.