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Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Jun. 28, 2017) Sailors assigned to the "Eightballers" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8 load an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter with a AGM-114N Hellfire missile aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Pacific Ocean. The ship is on an underway period in the U.S. 7th fleet area of operations. The U.S. Navy has patrolled the Indo-Asia Pacific routinely for more than 70 years promoting regional peace and security. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Elesia K. Patten) File# 170628-N-WM647-0023
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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