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Air Department crew members practice rigging the emergency aircraft barricade during a flight deck drill.

Air Department crew members practice rigging the emergency aircraft barricade during a flight deck drill.

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Arabian Gulf (May. 26, 2004) Air Department crew members practice rigging the emergency aircraft barricade during a flight deck drill aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73). The Norfolk, Va. based aircraft carrier and embarked Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Michael D. Blackwell II File# 040526-N-1045B-036

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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26/05/2004 - 26/05/2004
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