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Lt. Cmdr. Terrance Flournoy, handler, and Lt. Kenyatto Mayes, flight deck officer for the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), explain flight deck operations to William F. Hagerty, U.S. ambassador to Japan.
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YOKOSUKA, Japan (Sep. 06, 2017) Lt. Cmdr. Terrance Flournoy, handler, and Lt. Kenyatto Mayes, flight deck officer for the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), explain flight deck operations to William F. Hagerty, U.S. ambassador to Japan, in flight deck control. Hagerty met with senior leadership and toured the ship during his first visit to Ronald Reagan since taking the office of U.S. ambassador to Japan in July. Ronald Reagan, the Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Macadam Weissman) File# 170906-N-AC117-173
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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