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Aviation Boatswains Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Darcee Pakla directs an F/A-18A+ Hornet assigned to the
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Apr. 03, 2008) Aviation Boatswains Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Darcee Pakla directs an F/A-18A+ Hornet assigned to the "Golden Warriors" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 87 to the steam-powered catapult aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 are conducting tailored ship's training availability and final evaluation problem. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Cole File# 080403-N-2838C-017
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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