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PERSIAN GULF (Jan. 03, 2008) An F/A-18 Hornet attached to the "Bulls" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 37 gets taxied onto the catapult prior to launch during flight operations aboard the Nimitz-Class nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Truman and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 are underway on a scheduled deployment in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and maritime security operation. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ricardo J. Reyes File# 080103-N-2984R-574
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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