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Missiles being loaded on Navy F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter.

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Missiles being loaded on Navy F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter.

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At sea aboard USS John C. Stennis Marines from Fighter Attack Squadron Three One Four (VFMA-314) work together to upload an F/A-18 Hornet with a sparrow missile aboard USS John C. Stennis. Stennis and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW 9) are operating in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jayme Pastoric. File# 011216-N-9769P-064

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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2000 - 2020
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At sea aboard USS John C. Stennis
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