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F/A-18 launches on combat mission
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At sea aboard USS John C. Stennis Loaded with laser guided bombs and air-to-air short range missiles, an F/A-18 "Hornet" assigned to the "Black Knights" of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron Three One Four (VMFA-314) launches from the ships flight deck. John C. Stennis and Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW 9) are conducting combat missions over Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Alta I. Cutler. File# 020303-N-1587C-021
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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