An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Blue Blasters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 2 lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN) 72.
Summary
PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 01, 2010) An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Blue Blasters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 2 lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN) 72. VFA-2 is part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, which is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th and 5th Fleet areas of responsibility, supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts to establish conditions for regional stability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alan Gragg) File# 101001-N-2821G-168
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.
