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An F-14 Tomcat aircraft rests on the flight deck after making an arrested landing during launch and recovery operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

An F-14 Tomcat aircraft, with arresting hook lowered, approaches for a landing on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

An F-14 Tomcat aircraft, with arresting hook lowered, approaches for a landing on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

An F-14 Tomcat aircraft is catapulted from the flight deck during night operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft is launched during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

An F-14 Tomcat aircraft is catapulted from the flight deck during night operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

An F-14 Tomcat aircraft, with its arresting hook down, approaches for a landing on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). The F-14 is assigned to Fighter Squadron 142 (VF-142)

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft is launched during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CNV 69)

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft is launched from the deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier the USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) during nighttime flight operations

An F-14 Tomcat aircraft, with arresting hook down, makes a pass over the flight deck during launch and recovery operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

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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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A Fighter Squadron 211 (VF-211) F-14A Tomcat aircraft prepares to catch the arresting wire as it comes in for a landing on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) during flight operations aboard the vessel

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