US Navy (USN) Aviation Warfare Systems Operator Second Class (AW2) Wes Vinson, Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 15 (HS-15), Red Lions, Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, Florida (FL), monitors his surroundings for any visual contacts aboard a USN HH-60H Seahawk during a Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) exercise off the coast of Florida. The Red Lions are currently embarked aboard the USN Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67) for a Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), designed to prepare ships and air wing in the Carrier Strike Group (CSG) for future deployment

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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