Sailors watch as an FA-18E prepares to land
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At sea aboard USS Nimitz Sailors watch as an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Top Hatters of Strike Fighter Squadron One Four (VFA-14) prepares to land on the ships flight deck during Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFX). JTFX is designed to test and evaluate a battle groups reactions to multiple wartime scenarios from small craft attacks to land-based missile attacks and is the final certification for a battle group preparing to deploy. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Elizabeth Thompson. File# 030127-N-6536T-002
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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