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Aircraft Carrier F-18 taxis into position
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At sea aboard USS Nimitz An F/A-18 Super Hornet assigned to the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron Four One (VFA-41) taxis into position in preparation for a night launch from one of four steam driven catapults on the ships flight deck. Nimitz is undergoing Tailored Ships Training Availability (TSTA) Two and Three off the California coast. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Apprentice Mark Rebilas. File# 020916-N-6213R-003
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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