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Sailors conduct carrier qualifications aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69).
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 05, 2009) Sailors conduct carrier qualifications aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower is conducting Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in preparation for their 2010 deployment. COMPTUEX is a joint, combined exercise conducted off the U.S. East Coast. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christopher A. Baker) File# 091105-N-1117B-137
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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