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An F/A-18E Super Hornets assigned to the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 lifts up from a formation of Super Hornets as they conduct a flyby over the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 10, 2013) An F/A-18E Super Hornets assigned to the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 lifts up from a formation of Super Hornets as they conduct a flyby over the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during the Argonauts change of command ceremony. Nimitz is transiting the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) after more than eight months deployed to the U.S. 5th, 6th and 7th Fleet AORs. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Derek A. Harkins) File# 131210-N-TW634-565
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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