Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Francis Cumagun, center, directs Sailors with firefighting hoses while attacking a simulated aircraft fire during a training exercise on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65).
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RED SEA (Oct. 11, 2012) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Francis Cumagun, center, directs Sailors with firefighting hoses while attacking a simulated aircraft fire during a training exercise on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Enterprise is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The U.S. Navy is reliable, flexible, and ready to respond worldwide on, above, and below the sea. Join the conversation on social media using #warfighting. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Scott Pittman) File# 121011-N-FI736-056
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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