Cmdr Grip Williams, the Air Boss aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), observes flight operations from Primary Flight Control (Pri-Fly).
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Atlantic Ocean (Sep. 08, 2004) Cmdr "Grip" Williams, the Air Boss aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), observes flight operations from Primary Flight Control (Pri-Fly). Pri-Fly is the controlling agency on aviation ships and amphibious aviation assault ships that is responsible for air traffic control of aircraft within five nautical miles of the ship. Truman and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) are currently participating in carrier qualifications off the East Coast of the United States in preparation for a scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Kristopher Wilson File# 040908-N-5345W-005
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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