An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Salty Dogs of Strike Aircraft Test Squadron (VX) 2, takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN71).
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 17, 2013) An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Salty Dogs of Strike Aircraft Test Squadron (VX) 2, takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN71). VX-23 is conducting tests of the Joint Precision Approach Landing System (JPALS). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kris Lindstrom) File# 131117-N-GN619-031
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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