Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Peter Smithpadilla fires a .50-caliber machine gun while Aviation Ordnanceman William Ackerman observes on the fantail of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 29, 2016) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Peter Smithpadilla fires a .50-caliber machine gun while Aviation Ordnanceman William Ackerman observes on the fantail of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt is currently off the coast of Southern California conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chad M. Trudeau) File# 160229-N-NV908-018
Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion). The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922.