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At sea aboard USS Abraham Lincoln Aviation Ordnancemen, assigned to the Eagles of Strike Fighter Squadron One One Five (VFA-115) move Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missiles (AMRAAM) to F/A-18E Super Hornets in preparation for takeoff. Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are conducting operations in support of Operation Southern Watch. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Tyler Clements. File# 030211-N-6817C-001
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.