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PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 1, 2010) Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Quinones Ortiz cleans corrosion from the ball bearings of an F/A-18 Super Hornet aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 01, 2010) Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Quinones Ortiz, assigned to the Fighting Redcocks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22, cleans corrosion from the ball bearings of an F/A-18 Super Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are on a three-week composite training unit exercise to be followed by a deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Zachary David Bell) File# 101201-N-7422B-037
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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