An F/A-18C Hornet, assigned to the Blue Diamonds of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 146, launches off the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 06, 2007) An F/A-18C Hornet, attached to the "Blue Diamonds" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 146, launches off the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Reagan is underway in the Pacific Ocean conducting flight deck certification. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Benjamin Brossard File# 071106-N-4133B-142
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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