Photographer's Mate Airman Jonathan Cirino from Jacksonville, Fla., provides video coverage of an F/A-18C Hornet.
Summary
Pacific Ocean (Jan. 27, 2004) Photographer's Mate Airman Jonathan Cirino from Jacksonville, Fla., provides video coverage of an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Blue Diamonds of Strike Fighter Squadron One Four Six (VFA-146) as it launches from one of four steam-powered catapults during flight operations aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). The Bremerton, Wash. based nuclear powered aircraft carrier and her crew are currently underway for the first time since returning from an eight and a half month Western Pacific deployment. Vinson is conducting training with Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) and units of the Carl Vinson Strike Group. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Jim Hall. File# 040127-N-7326H-021
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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