An F/A-18C Hornet, assigned to the Bulls of Strike Fighter Squadron Three Seven (VFA-37), is directed onto a steam-powered catapult.
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Atlantic Ocean (Oct. 28, 2005) An F/A-18C Hornet, assigned to the Bulls of Strike Fighter Squadron Three Seven (VFA-37), is directed onto a steam-powered catapult aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). IKE is underway conducting Flight Deck Certification after completing a four-month Post Shakedown Availability. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 3rd Class Christopher B. Long File# 051028-N-7359L-002
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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