Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Darren Parker signals to a T-45C Goshawk, assigned to Training Air Wing (TW) 1, on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sep. 25, 2018) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Darren Parker, from Washington, signals to a T-45C Goshawk, assigned to Training Air Wing (TW) 1, on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). Bush is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting routine training exercises to maintain carrier readiness. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kallysta Castillo) File# 180925-N-ET513-0127
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.