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An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136, prepares to launch from the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136, maneuvers the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136 prepares to launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Knighthawks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136 prepares to land on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Knighthawks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136 launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Knighthawks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136 launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Knighthawks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136 lands aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136, launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Knighthawks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136 launches from the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class air craft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136, prepares to land on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sep. 04, 2018) An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the "Knighthawks" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136, prepares to land on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman is conducting sustainment operations in the Atlantic. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Joseph A.D. Phillips) File# 180904-N-GY475-0133
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.