Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Brandon Rucker, from San Diego, performs daily maintenance on an SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
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ARABIAN SEA (Jul. 10, 2011) Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Brandon Rucker, from San Diego, performs daily maintenance on an SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting close-air support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shawn J. Stewart) File# 110710-N-EE987-389
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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