Somewhere in the Western Pacific Ocean, the Commander United Nations Command (UNC) and Combined Forces Command (CFC) United States Forces Korea (USFK), US Army (USA) General (GEN) B.B. Bell, discusses the capabilities of the US Navy (USN) F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter aircraft with USN Lieutenant (LT) Mitchell Koch assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 34 (VFA 34) during a visit to the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72)

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.