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Pilot checks an AIM-7 �Sea Sparrow� missile on his aircraft during preflight checks
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At sea aboard USS Abraham Lincoln Lieutenant Commander John Howland, a pilot assigned to the Stingers of Strike Fighter Squadron One One Three (VFA 113) checks an AIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile on his aircraft during preflight checks to ensure it is securely attached. The Abraham Lincoln Battle Group is on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting combat missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Lewis Hunsaker. File# 021004-N-8497H-003
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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