Capt. Richard �Rhett� Butler, commander of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14, makes his 1000th carrier arrested landing aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 15, 2007) Capt. Richard Rhett Butler, commander of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14, makes his 1000th carrier arrested landing aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Butler has been designated as a naval aviator for more than 21 years. Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is underway in support of operations in the western Pacific. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Burden File# 070315-N-7130B-178
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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