A US Navy (USN) "Yellow Shirt" Aircraft Handling Officer signals to the pilot of an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft as members of the catapult crew make preparations to launch the aircraft from the flight deck aboard the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69). The EISENHOWER and embarked Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) are underway in the Atlantic Ocean participating in a Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX)
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Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Christopher B. Long, 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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