An F/A-18C Hornet from the Mighty Shrikes of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 94 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).

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An F/A-18C Hornet from the Mighty Shrikes of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 94 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).

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ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 22, 2014) An F/A-18C Hornet from the Mighty Shrikes of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 94 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner, Jr.) File# 141222-N-TP834-080

Carriers

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.