Aviation Electronics Technicians check Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Diamondbacks of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two (VFA-102) on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63).

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Aviation Electronics Technicians check Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Diamondbacks of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two (VFA-102) on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63).

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7th Fleet Area of Responsibility Aviation Electronics Technicians check Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Diamondbacks of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two (VFA-102) on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). The F/A-18F Super Hornet provides the Carrier Strike Group (CSG) with a strike fighter that has significant growth potential and increased range, endurance and ordnance carrying capabilities. Kitty Hawk is currently underway in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), and is the U.S. Navys only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate Airman Bo J. Flannigan. File# 040321-N-5781F-004

Carriers

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.