An Aviation Boatswains Mate directs a T-45 Goshawk onto a steam-powered catapult during flight operations aboard the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67).
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Atlantic Ocean (Oct. 28, 2005) An Aviation Boatswains Mate directs a T-45 Goshawk onto a steam-powered catapult during flight operations aboard the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67). The T-45 Goshawk is a carrier-capable advanced trainer aircraft that is replacing the T-2C Buckeye trainer. Kennedy is currently conducting scheduled carrier qualifications in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 3rd Class Tommy Gilligan File# 051028-N-4565G-001
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.
