060728-N-0490C-001 (Jul. 28, 2006)A US Navy (USN) F/A-18C Hornet fighter aircraft, Strike Fighter Squadron 143 (VFA-143), launches from the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) (not shown), which is located in the Atlantic Ocean, during the Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) 06-2, Operation BOLD STEP. U.S. Navy official photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Miguel Angel Contreras (RELEASED)

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060728-N-0490C-001 (Jul. 28, 2006)A US Navy (USN) F/A-18C Hornet fighter aircraft, Strike Fighter Squadron 143 (VFA-143), launches from the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) (not shown), which is located in the Atlantic Ocean, during the Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) 06-2, Operation BOLD STEP. U.S. Navy official photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Miguel Angel Contreras (RELEASED)

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Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Miguel Angel Contreras, USN

Release Status: Released to Public
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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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