Aviation Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Alfred Macasarte of Stockton, Calif., conducts a

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Aviation Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Alfred Macasarte of Stockton, Calif., conducts a

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Pacific Ocean (May. 22, 2004) Aviation Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Alfred Macasarte of Stockton, Calif., conducts a "Final Sweep" of USS Kitty Hawk's (CV 63) catapult one prior to launching an F/A-18 Hornet assigned to the Golden Dragons of Strike Fighter Squadron One Nine Two (VFA-192). Final Sweeps are performed seconds before a launch as a last second safety check. Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), the conventional aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the world's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman, Bo J. Flannigan File# 040522-N-5781F-001

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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.