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An F/A-18 Hornet launches during night operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 28, 2008) An F/A-18 Hornet launches during night operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). The Kitty Hawk and Nimitz Carrier Strike Groups are conducting combined training exercises in the western Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman John J. Mike File# 080328-N-6984M-082
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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