Spc. Josh Horton welcomes his brother, Hull Maintenance Technician 2nd Class Brandon Key, home from deployment aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).
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SAN DIEGO (Jun. 15, 2011) Spc. Josh Horton welcomes his brother, Hull Maintenance Technician 2nd Class Brandon Key, home from deployment aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Horton traveled more than 2,000 miles from Birmingham, Ala. to Naval Base Coronado to greet his brother. Carl Vinson concluded a six-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dominique Pineiro) File# 110615-N-PB383-097
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.