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F/A-18 is given the signal to launch
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At sea aboard USS John C. Stennis An F/A-18 "Hornet" is given the final signal to launch off the flight deck while the Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFG 331) steams off the port side. John C. Stennis and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) along with coalition forces are conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jayme Pastoric. File# 020324-N-9769P-019
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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