An aerial view of the Soviet aircraft carrier MINSK as an F-15 Eagle and an F-4 Phantom II aircraft fly over it. The aircraft are from the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing participating in a tactical reconnaissance exercise. Also visible is an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the wing of an F-15

Fighter planes and military aircrafts.

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.