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Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Nicholas Baldwin and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman David Smith from the Rampagers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 83
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (May. 01, 2012) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Nicholas Baldwin and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman David Smith from the Rampagers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 83 prepare to configure a weapon launching system on an F/A-18C Hornet in the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower, the flagship for Carrier Strike Group 8, is underway conducting a composite training unit exercise in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Douglas Revell) File# 120501-N-YO152-012
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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