A U.S. Navy Plane Director, onboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69), signals to the pilot of an U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 131 (VFA-131,"Wildcats"), Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW-7), F/A-18C Hornet strike fighter aircraft as he prepares to launch to support Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the Mediterranean Sea on May 6, 2007. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class Matthew D. Leistikow) (Released)
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Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)
Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Matthew D. Leistikow, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
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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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