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Rear Adm. Patrick Hall, commander of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, performs a pre-flight check on an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Black Knights of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HSC) 4.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Jun. 20, 2014) Rear Adm. Patrick Hall, commander of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, performs a pre-flight check on an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Black Knights of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HSC) 4 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is en route to Hawaii for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in the biennial RIMPAC exercise from June 26 to Aug. 1. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chelsea Kennedy) File# 140620-N-CW598-061
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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