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Blue Angels - fly-by at Fleet Week
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Aboard USS Harry S. Truman The U.S. Navy Blue Angels perform a fly-by formation over the flight deck of USS Harry S. Truman. In addition to its role in the Fleet Week festivities in Broward County, FL. Truman served as the "centerpiece" for the 2002 Air and Sea show. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Recruit Brandy Hornback. File# 020504-N-4430H-501
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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