An F/A-18 Super Hornet launches off of the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 12, 2016) An F/A-18 Super Hornet launches off of the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). GHWB is underway conducting training and completing qualifications in preparation for a 2017 deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan Seelbach) File# 160812-N-XI307-452
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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