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Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class James Nunn and Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Chris Atkinson perform routine maintenance on the radar system of an F/A-18F Super Hornet.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Jun. 12, 2009) Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class James Nunn, left, from Ellerbe, N.C., and Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Chris Atkinson, from Ruther Glenn, Va., perform routine maintenance on the radar system of an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the "Black Knights" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154 on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kyle Steckler) File# 090612-N-7780S-056
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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