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A C-2A Greyhound assigned to the Providers of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Three Zero (VRC-30), prepares to land on the flight deck aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)
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Pacific Ocean (Jan. 18, 2005) A C-2A Greyhound assigned to the Providers of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Three Zero (VRC-30), prepares to land on the flight deck aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) as the guided missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) maintains plane guard station. The primary mission of the Plane Guard ship is to aid and rescue aircrew if they have to eject from their aircraft upon landing on the aircraft carrier. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is currently underway in the Pacific Ocean conducting routine carrier operations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 3rd Class Kitt Amaritnant File# 050118-N-8148A-023
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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