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Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Willie Duncan Jr., from Nashville, Tenn., signals a fellow plane captain while performing a post-operational check on the tail rotor of an SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter.
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 12, 2015) Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Willie Duncan Jr., from Nashville, Tenn., signals a fellow plane captain while performing a post-operational check on the tail rotor of an SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter attached to the Dragonslayers of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 11 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt is underway participating in a composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX), which tests the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group's ability to effectively react to real-world scenarios and perform as an integrated unit. (U.S. Navy photo By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brian Flood) File# 150112-N-IE511-043
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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