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Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Christopher Alegria stands bow catapult center deck operator.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (May. 07, 2008) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Christopher Alegria stands bow catapult center deck operator as an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the "Black Knights" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154 prepares to launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are off the coast of Southern California conducting flight deck certification. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ron Reeves File# 080507-N-0684R-047
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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