An F/A-18E from the Tophatters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14 performs a high-speed pass during an air power demonstration above the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Apr. 20, 2013) An F/A-18E from the Tophatters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14 performs a high-speed pass during an air power demonstration above the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group, consisting of Stennis is returning from an eight-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Ignacio D. Perez) File# 130420-N-TC437-699
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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