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A landing signalman enlisted (LSE) assigned to the Eightballers of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Eight (HS-8) directs line personnel under the rotor-arc of an SH-60F Seahawk.
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Pacific Ocean (Jan. 28, 2007) A landing signalman enlisted (LSE) assigned to the "Eightballers" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Eight (HS-8) directs line personnel under the rotor-arc of an SH-60F Seahawk to chock and chain the aircraft during flight operations aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis is transiting west to help bolster security in U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jon Hyde File# 070128-N-3729H-026
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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