Landing signal officers observe an E-2C Hawkeye assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 120 as it lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Mar. 12, 2010) Landing signal officers observe an E-2C Hawkeye assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 120 as it lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is underway in the Atlantic Ocean supporting fleet training exercises. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brent Thacker) File# 100312-N-7908T-228
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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