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Live ordnance on the flight deck of USS Roosevelt
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At sea aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt Every day, tons of live ammunition are transported from weapons magazines, through the hangar bay, and on to the flight deck for use in air strikes against the former Yugoslavia. Theodore Roosevelt and it's embarked air wing, Carrier Airwing EIGHT (CVW 8) are in the Adriatic Sea in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Johnny Grasso. File# 990518-N-0128G-001
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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