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A service member with the Armed Forces of the Philippines sits with a U.S. Navy aircrew in the aft station of an SH-60F Seahawk assigned Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 4 during a humanitarian mission on the Philippine island of Panay.
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ILOILO, Philippines (Jul. 01, 2008) A service member with the Armed Forces of the Philippines sits with a U.S. Navy aircrew in the aft station of an SH-60F Seahawk assigned Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 4 during a humanitarian mission on the Philippine island of Panay. HS-4 is embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is off the coast of Panay Island providing humanitarian assistance and disaster response in the wake of Typhoon Fengshen. U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Spike Call File# 080701-N-5961C-015
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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