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Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 2nd Class Joseph Mikes from air department's launch and recovery division charges an arresting gear engine to recover aircraft aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
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PERSIAN GULF (May. 29, 2007) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 2nd Class Joseph Mikes from air department's launch and recovery division charges an arresting gear engine to recover aircraft aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Arresting gear engines are charged with specific pressures to recover multiple types of aircraft during flight operations. John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is conducting operations in support of the global war on terrorism and is participating in an Expeditionary Strike Force Exercise consisting of three Strike Groups: John C. Stennis Strike Group, Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, and Bonhomme Richards Expeditionary Strike Group. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Paul J. Perkins File# 070529-N-2659P-066
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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