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Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Forrest Findley gives the approval to launch an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Tophatters of the Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14
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ARABIAN GULF (Sep. 25, 2011) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Forrest Findley gives the approval to launch an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Tophatters of the Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and support missions as part of Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Benjamin Crossley) File# 110925-N-BT887-147
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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