An F/A-18C Hornet strike fighter aircraft moves into position to launch from one of four steam powered catapults aboard USS Constellation (CV 64) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom

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An F/A-18C Hornet strike fighter aircraft moves into position to launch from one of four steam powered catapults aboard USS Constellation (CV 64) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom

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The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 21, 2003) An F/A-18C Hornet strike fighter aircraft moves into position to launch from one of four steam powered catapults aboard USS Constellation (CV 64) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraqs weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain. File# 030321-N-0295M-001

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.