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Airman Apprentice Kaisa Clark, of Page Ariz., cleans an AIM-9X Sidewinder Air-to-Air Missile.

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Airman Apprentice Kaisa Clark, of Page Ariz., cleans an AIM-9X Sidewinder Air-to-Air Missile.

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Gulf of Alaska (Jun. 14, 2004) Airman Apprentice Kaisa Clark, of Page Ariz., cleans an AIM-9X Sidewinder Air-to-Air Missile in the "Bomb Farm" on the flight deck aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis and embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are currently at sea participating in a regularly scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Joshua Word File# 040614-N-4768W-032

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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14/06/2004 - 14/06/2004
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Gulf of Alaska
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