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The Nimitz-class Aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transits the Philippine Sea during Valiant Shield 2016.

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PHILIPPINE SEA (Sep. 23, 2016) The Nimitz-class Aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transits the Philippine Sea during Valiant Shield 2016. Valiant Shield is a biennial, U.S. only, field-training exercise with a focus on integration of joint training among U.S. forces. This is the sixth exercise in the Valiant Shield series that began in 2006. Reagan is on patrol with Carrier Strike Group Five (CSG 5) in the Philippine Sea supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Schneider) File# 160923-N-XQ474-025

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.

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1922
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PHILIPPINE SEA
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