Aviation Machinist's Mate Airman Julian Parrera, from Bogota, Columbia, cleans the canopy of an F/A-18C Hornet.

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Aviation Machinist's Mate Airman Julian Parrera, from Bogota, Columbia, cleans the canopy of an F/A-18C Hornet.

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Jun. 06, 2011) Aviation Machinist's Mate Airman Julian Parrera, from Bogota, Columbia, cleans the canopy of an F/A-18C Hornet from the Golden Dragons of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 192 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is participating in a joint task force exercise off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Benjamin Crossley) File# 110606-N-BT887-006

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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.