USS Kennedy - GBU-16 adjustments
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At sea aboard USS John F. Kennedy An Aviation Ordnanceman makes adjustments to hold a fin on a 1000 pound Laser-guided Bomb Unit (GBU-16) on the ships flight deck. Kennedy and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) are conducting combat missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Ruben U. Apodaca. File# 020425-N-3397A-004
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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