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Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Phillip Beatty observes the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67).
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Atlantic Ocean (Jun. 11, 2004) Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Phillip Beatty, assigned to the "Dragon Whales" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Eight (HC-8), observes the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) approaching the fast combat support ship USS Seattle (AOE 3) for an early morning underway replenishment. HC-8 is currently embarked aboard Seattle on a regularly scheduled deployment. Seattle is part of the John F. Kennedy Carrier Strike Group (CSG) currently involved in a joint exercise known as Combined Joint Task Force Exercise (CJTFEX). The exercise allows all services and several countries to train the way they fight, in a joint environment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg File# 040611-N-4374S-007
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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