Aviation Machinist's Mate Airman Carlos E. Lamas, of Chicago, Ill., uses a circular air-powered sander to sand the bottom wing of an F-14B Tomcat assigned to the �Red Rippers� of Fighter Squadron One One (VF-11).
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Arabian Gulf (Mar. 20, 2004) Aviation Machinist's Mate Airman Carlos E. Lamas, of Chicago, Ill., uses a circular air-powered sander to sand the bottom wing of an F-14B Tomcat assigned to the Red Rippers of Fighter Squadron One One (VF-11) in the hangar bay aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73). The Norfolk, Va.-based nuclear powered aircraft carrier is on a scheduled deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 1st Class Brien Aho. File# 040320-N-5319A-001
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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