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An Aviation Ordnanceman checks a AIM-9X Captive Air Training Missile (CATM) for stability.

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An Aviation Ordnanceman checks a AIM-9X Captive Air Training Missile (CATM) for stability.

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Pacific Ocean (Nov. 28, 2005) An Aviation Ordnanceman assigned to the "Golden Dragons" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Nine Two (VFA-192), checks a AIM-9X Captive Air Training Missile (CATM) for stability before cyclic flight operations on the flight deck of the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Kitty Hawk and embarked Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) are currently conducting operations in the Western Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jonathan B. Foutz File# 051128-N-4321F-045

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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28/11/2005 - 28/11/2005
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Pacific Ocean
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