Aviation Maintenance Administrationman 1st Class Corey Oliver hugs his daughter after returning from deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
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SAN DIEGO (Dec. 05, 2017) Aviation Maintenance Administrationman 1st Class Corey Oliver hugs his daughter after returning from deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific. The U.S. Navy has patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific region routinely for more than 70 years, prompting peace security. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Jailene Casso) File# 171205-N-BN355-0151
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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