ALAMEDA, Calif. (KGO) -- Senator John McCain is taking on a new role in the Bay Area.
McCain will join the advisory board of the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda.
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The World War II aircraft carrier houses military planes and hosts annual remembrance days for fallen service members.
Senator McCain spent 22 years as a naval aviator, surviving an accidental missile attack that almost took his life.
The USS Hornet is seen in this undated image. (KGO-TV)