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The carrier in Moon Mater looks nothing like Dwight
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**This might be referenced to the hat on the control tower. | **This might be referenced to the hat on the control tower. | ||
*Dwight is also named after and based on the [[wikipedia:USS Dwight D. Eisenhower|USS ''Dwight D. Eisenhower'' (CVN-69)]] aircraft carrier, the second of the Nimitz class aircraft carriers to enter service. Since commissioning, ''Dwight D. Eisenhower'' has participated in deployments including Operation Eagle Claw during the [[wikipedia:Iran hostage crisis|Iran hostage crisis]] in 1980, as well as the [[wikipedia:Gulf War|Gulf War]] in the 1990s, and more recently in support of US military operations in [[wikipedia:Iraq|Iraq]] and [[wikipedia:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]]. It is still in active service, and shall remain so until replaced around 2025 by the new ''Gerald R. Ford''-class carrier USS ''Enterprise'' (CVN-80). | *Dwight is also named after and based on the [[wikipedia:USS Dwight D. Eisenhower|USS ''Dwight D. Eisenhower'' (CVN-69)]] aircraft carrier, the second of the Nimitz class aircraft carriers to enter service. Since commissioning, ''Dwight D. Eisenhower'' has participated in deployments including Operation Eagle Claw during the [[wikipedia:Iran hostage crisis|Iran hostage crisis]] in 1980, as well as the [[wikipedia:Gulf War|Gulf War]] in the 1990s, and more recently in support of US military operations in [[wikipedia:Iraq|Iraq]] and [[wikipedia:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]]. It is still in active service, and shall remain so until replaced around 2025 by the new ''Gerald R. Ford''-class carrier USS ''Enterprise'' (CVN-80). | ||
* | *An aircraft carrier shows up near the end of the [[Cars Toons]] episode [[Moon Mater]], when [[Mater]] and [[Lightning McQueen]] land in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] after rescuing [[Impala XIII]] from being stranded on the [[Moon]]. However, this cannot be Dwight because the carrier looks nothing like him. | ||
*Although he is silent in the film, he seems to speak in the video game. | *Although he is silent in the film, he seems to speak in the video game. | ||
