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F/A-18 Hornet strike fighters are secured on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) at anchor in the Strait of Magellan.
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STRAIT OF MAGELLAN (Mar. 15, 2010) F/A-18 Hornet strike fighters are secured on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) at anchor in the Strait of Magellan. Carl Vinson is supporting Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation that provides U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multi-national environment. (U.S. photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Megan L. Catellier) File# 100315-N-7037C-005
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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