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U.S. Navy Air Department Sailors prepare to reset the arresting cable gear after a Strike Fighter Squadron 147 (VFA-147,"Argonauts") F/A-18C Hornet strike fighter aircraft successfully lands on the flight deck of the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) on Jan. 21, 2007, while the STENNIS and Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) are conducting carrier qualifications of the coast of Southern California prior to transiting west to bolster security in the U.S. Central Command Area of Operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Ron Reeves) (Released)
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Base: USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)
Scene Camera Operator: MC3 Ron Reeves, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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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1922
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