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Airman Jaime Minor inflates a weather balloon on the fantail aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
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ARABIAN SEA (Mar. 05, 2007) Airman Jaime Minor inflates a weather balloon on the fantail aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Weather balloons gather atmospheric information used to help plot and direct ships movements for the best conditions to conduct flight operations John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in support of Maritime Security Operations (MSO). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Josue Leopoldo Escobosa File# 070305-N-9928E-076
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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