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Aviation Electronics Technician Airman Jeffery Pardee, of New Bury, Calif., performs pre-flight checks on an E-2C Hawkeye.
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South Atlantic Ocean (Jun. 04, 2004) Aviation Electronics Technician Airman Jeffery Pardee, of New Bury, Calif., performs pre-flight checks on an E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the "Wallbangers" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One One Seven (VAW-117) during flight operations aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The aircraft carrier with embarked Carrier Air Wing One One (CVW-11) is underway in the South Atlantic Ocean circumnavigating South America on her way to her new homeport of San Diego, Calif. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Chad J. McNeeley File# 030604-N-0696M-001
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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