USS Carl Winson - Flight Deck Shooter
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Aboard USS Carl Vinson (Oct. 11, 2001) An Aviation Boatswain's Mate "Shooter" and a "Trainee" launch an S-3 "Viking" from the "Dragonfires" of Sea Control Squadron Two Nine (VS-29) from the flight deck aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and her Battle Group are operating in the Arabian in support of operation "Enduring Freedom." U. S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Kerryl Cacho File# 011011-N-9421C-001
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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