Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Iehsa Copeland assembles light bulb components before installing them into yellow floodlights aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
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YOKOSUKA, Japan (Jan. 04, 2017) Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Iehsa Copeland assembles light bulb components before installing them into yellow floodlights aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The yellow floodlight is used to illuminate the flight deck during air operations at night. Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class James Lee) File# 170104-N-WA993-146
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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