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Sailors stand by as an F/A-18 Hornet prepares to launch from USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jul. 15, 2010) Sailors assigned to the air department aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) stand by as an F/A-18 Hornet assigned to the Famous Golden Dragons of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 192 prepares to launch from the ship's flight deck during night operations. George H.W. Bush is conducting training in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Leonard Adams) File# 100715-N-8913A-011
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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