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Cmdr. Michael MacNicholl, outgoing commanding officer of the Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 137, right, pulls up during an aerial change of command ceremony.
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MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 15, 2012) Cmdr. Michael MacNicholl, outgoing commanding officer of the Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 137, right, pulls up during an aerial change of command ceremony with Capt. Robert Boyer, commander of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1, and Cmdr. Trevor Estes, incoming commanding officer of VAQ-137. CVW 1 and VAQ-137 are deployed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility to conduct maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. The U.S. Navy has a 237-year heritage of defending freedom and projecting and protecting U.S. interests around the globe. Join the conversation on social media using #warfighting. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Scott Pittman) File# 121015-N-FI736-177
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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