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SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jul. 13, 2016) Cmdr. Adrian Calder, commanding officer of the "Royal Maces" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27, performs a pre-flight inspection on his F/A-18E Super Hornet on the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Cmdr. Daniel Cochran relieved Calder as the new commanding officer of VFA-27 during a change of command ceremony held partly in the skies above the carrier. Ronald Reagan, the Carrier Strike Group Five (CSG 5) flagship, is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jamaal Liddell) File# 160713-N-NF288-093

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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.

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1922

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SOUTH CHINA SEA

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U.S. NAVY

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