Following his reenlistment, Aviation Boatswain�s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Dubiell De Zarraga enjoys a unique opportunity to talk to astronauts orbiting 200 miles above earth, U.S. Navy Capt. Michael Lopez-Alegria and U.S. Navy Cmdr. Suni Williams.
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U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Area of Responsibility (Jan. 29, 2007) Following his reenlistment, Aviation Boatswains Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Dubiell De Zarraga enjoys a unique opportunity to talk to astronauts orbiting 200 miles above earth, U.S. Navy Capt. Michael Lopez-Alegria, commander for the International Space Station (ISS) and U.S. Navy Cmdr. Suni Williams, flight engineer, and his wife, children, father-in-law and mother-in-law in Norfolk, Va., via video teleconference aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Eisenhower and embarked Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of Maritime Security Operations (MSO). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Miguel Angel Contreras File# 070129-N-0490C-006
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.