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Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Benjamin K. Darkwah directs the movement of a F404 engine from an F/A-18 Hornet in the jet shop aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 13, 2009) Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Benjamin K. Darkwah directs the movement of a F404 engine from an F/A-18 Hornet in the jet shop aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The engine is being moved to an after burner stand so a high pressure compressor module can be dismantled and replaced. Ronald Reagan and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14 are performing a sustainment exercise in the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Briana C. Brotzman) File# 090313-N-2344B-085
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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