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Is the BH the carrier that has been converted for use as a SF platform..first used as a jumping off base against the Taliban?

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USS Kitty Hawk was the one used as a "Special Forces" Carrier.

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Is the BH the carrier that has been converted for use as a SF platform..first used as a jumping off base against the Taliban?

No, but the Bonhomme Richard is the flagship for COMPHIBRON Seven, Captain Michelle J. Howard, USN, Commodore, Commanding. She is, I believe, the first woman to command a squadron at sea.