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U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Kristina Stewart uses a flashlight to paint bare metal on the landing gear of an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft during red-light maintenance onboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) on Nov. 15, 2006. Red-light maintenance is one of the many jobs Sailors perform as the ship conducts flight operations well into the night. The REAGAN is currently conducting training squadron carrier qualifications off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Marc Rockwell-Pate) (Released)

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U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Kristina Stewart uses a flashlight to paint bare metal on the landing gear of an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft during red-light maintenance onboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) on Nov. 15, 2006. Red-light maintenance is one of the many jobs Sailors perform as the ship conducts flight operations well into the night. The REAGAN is currently conducting training squadron carrier qualifications off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Marc Rockwell-Pate) (Released)

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Base: USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)

Scene Camera Operator: MC3 Marc Rockwell-Pate, USN

Release Status: Released to Public
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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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16/11/2006
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