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Aboard USS Enterprise An F/A -18C "Hornet" is launched off the flight deck of the USS Enterprise. Events in the Yogoslovian province of Kosovo have placed the Enterprise in a high state of alert pending possible U.S. and NATO led air strikes over Kosovo. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Michael W. Pendergrass. File# 990222-N-8854P-001
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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