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US Navy 041121-N-4757S-019 An F-14B Tomcat is launched from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)
An F-14B Tomcat launches from the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
An F-14B Tomcat launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
An F-14B Tomcat launches from the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
An F-14B Tomcat launches from the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
An F-14B Tomcat launches off of the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
An F-14B Tomcat launches off the flight deck aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
An F-14B Tomcat launches from the bow of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during evening flight operations.
An F-14B Tomcat climbs skyward after launching from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
An F-14B Tomcat is launched from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
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Persian Gulf (Nov. 21, 2004) An F-14B Tomcat, assigned to the "Swordsmen" of Fighter Squadron Three Two (VF-32), is launched from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Truman's Carrier Strike Group Ten (CSG-10) and her embarked Carrier Airwing Three (CVW-3) are currently on a scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Craig R. Spiering File# 041121-N-4757S-019
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.