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An F/A-18E Super Hornet launches off of the flight deck aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) during Exercise Northern Edge 2004.
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Gulf of Alaska (Jun. 13, 2004) An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the "Eagles" of Strike Fighter Squadron One One Five (VFA-115), launches off of the flight deck aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) during Exercise Northern Edge 2004. Stennis and embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are at sea participating in Exercise Northern Edge during a regularly scheduled deployment. Stennis is one of seven aircraft carriers involved in Summer Pulse 2004. Summer Pulse 2004 is the simultaneous deployment of seven Carrier Strike Groups (CSGs), demonstrating the ability of the Navy to provide credible combat power across the globe, in five theaters with other U.S., allied, and coalition military forces. Summer Pulse is the Navy's first deployment under its new Fleet Response Plan (FRP). U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Hugh Stephen Holder III For more information go to: www.cffc.navy.mil/summerpulse04.htm File# 040613-M-1158H-003
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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