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A U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 105 (VFA-105,"Gunslingers") Plane Captain gives the thumbs-up signal after completing pre-flight checks with one of his F/A-18E Super Hornet multi-mission fighter/attack aircraft pilots prior to afternoon flight operations on the flight deck of the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75), on Jan. 15, 2007, while the TRUMAN is currently underway conducting flight deck certifications off of the east coast in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Kristopher Wilson) (Released)
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Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)
Scene Camera Operator: MC3 Kristopher Wilson, 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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