First arrested landing on the flight deck aboard the Navy�s newest Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
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Atlantic Ocean (Jul. 24, 2003) An F/A-18 Hornet from the "Salty Dogs" of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23) makes the first arrested landing or "trap" on the flight deck aboard the Navys newest Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The ship is currently underway off the coast of Virginia conducting flight deck certification. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 2nd Class Chad McNeeley. File# 030724-N-0696M-016
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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