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F/A-18 moves into position over catapult before launch.
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At sea aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt Dec. 31, 2001 -- Aviation Boatswain's Mate Handler 3rd Class Krystol Koos directs a F/A 18 Hornet fighter aircraft to the bow catapults to be launched during flight operations. The F/A-18 is a part of Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1) and is deployed with the Theodore Roosevelt Battle Group and currently operating in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jason Scarborough. File# 011231-N-2003S-506
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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