Lt. Cdr. Scott Menzies, a shooter aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), launches a T-45 Goshawk training aircraft during training wing carrier qualifications.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 04, 2010) Lt. Cdr. Scott Menzies, a shooter aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), launches a T-45 Goshawk training aircraft during training wing carrier qualifications. Nimitz is conducting routine exercises off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James Mitchell) File# 101104-N-3327M-355
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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