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U.S. Navy Sailors prepare for flight operations on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69), on Jan. 12, 2007. The deck is filled with F-14 Tomcat, F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters and an assortment of other tactical aircraft. The EISENHOWER and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of maritime security operations, in the Arabian Sea. (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class Miguel Angel Contreras) (Released)
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Country: Arabian Sea
Scene Major Command Shown: USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69
Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Adrian J. Escobar, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
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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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