Aviation Support Equipment Technician 2nd Class Andrew Moore repairs the brakes on a 6,000-pound forklift aboard the aircraft USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
Summary
ARABIAN SEA (Aug. 23, 2010) Aviation Support Equipment Technician 2nd Class Andrew Moore repairs the brakes on a 6,000-pound forklift aboard the aircraft USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deployed supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zachary D. Montgomery) File# 100823-N-4135M-009
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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