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Ordnanceman 2nd Class Lance Keeling from Carrollton, Texas, loads an M61A1 gattling gun onto an F/A-18C Hornet
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Mediterranean Sea (Mar. 12, 2003) Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Lance Keeling from Carrollton, Texas, loads an M61A1 gattling gun onto an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Hunters" of Strike Fighter Squadron Two Zero One (VFA-201) aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Roosevelt and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) are conducting operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class James Foehl. File# 030312-N-4965F-502
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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