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An Aviation Boatswain�s Mate removes a forward-looking infrared (FLIR) pod
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Pacific Ocean (Mar. 22, 2003) Aviation Electronics Technician Michael Holmes assigned to the "Mighty Shrikes" of Strike Fighter Squadron Nine Seven (VFA-97), removes a forward-looking infrared (FLIR) pod from an F/A-18C Hornet aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are on deployment conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Maebel Tinoko. File# 030322-N-2143T-001
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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