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An E2-C Hawkeye, assigned to the Tiger Tails of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125, launches from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69).
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PERSIAN GULF (Mar. 28, 2007) An E2-C Hawkeye, assigned to the Tiger Tails of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125, launches from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 are conducting a dual-carrier exercise with the Stennis Carrier Strike Group and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9. This marks the first time the Eisenhower and Stennis strike groups have operated together in a joint exercise while deployed to 5th Fleet. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Travis S. Alston File# 070328-N-8446A-008
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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