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Sailors aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) position an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Apr. 16, 2008) Sailors aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) position an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the "Black Aces" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41 onto an aircraft elevator during flight operations. Nimitz is operating as part of the U.S. 7th Fleet in the western Pacific and Indian oceans. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David Mercil File# 080416-N-8421M-002
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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