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Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Ryan Waldron, from Beaver, Ore., performs maintenance on an F/A-18C Hornet from the Golden Dragons of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 192 aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
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U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Mar. 21, 2013) Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Ryan Waldron, from Beaver, Ore., performs maintenance on an F/A-18C Hornet from the Golden Dragons of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 192 aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Marco Villasana) File# 130321-N-QI595-033
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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