Sailors assigned to the Jolly Rogers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103 transport a 9X Sidewinder air intercept missile (AIM) on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69).

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Sailors assigned to the Jolly Rogers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103 transport a 9X Sidewinder air intercept missile (AIM) on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69).

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GULF OF ADEN (Mar. 20, 2013) Sailors assigned to the Jolly Rogers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103 transport a 9X Sidewinder air intercept missile (AIM) on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Andrew Schneider) File# 130320-N-XQ474-436

Carriers

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.