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PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 03, 2010) Aviation Electrician's Mate 1st Class Gregory Gates, right, and Aviation Electrician's Mate Airman Brandon Simmer, both assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 25, use the air data test computer to perform maintenance on an F/A-18C Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are on a three-week composite training unit exercise followed by a deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Travis K. Mendoza) File# 101203-N-2055M-303
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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