An aircraft director signals to an E-2C Hawkeye to move forward in preparation for launch

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An aircraft director signals to an E-2C Hawkeye to move forward in preparation for launch

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Arabian Gulf (Mar. 14, 2003) An aircraft director signals to an E-2C Hawkeye to move forward in preparation for launch from one of four steam driven catapults on the flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Kitty Hawk and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) are operating in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Kitty Hawk is the Navys only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier and operates out of Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Todd Frantom. File# 030314-N-1810F-006

Carriers

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.