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An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the �Sunliners� of Strike Fighter Squadron Eight One (VFA-81) prepares for a catapult launch aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67).
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Arabian Gulf (Jul. 14, 2004) An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Sunliners of Strike Fighter Squadron Eight One (VFA-81) prepares for a catapult launch aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67). Kennedy and embarked Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) are taking part in missions supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom during her deployment supporting the Navy's new Fleet Response Plan (FRP) Summer Pulse 2004. Summer Pulse 2004 is the simultaneous deployment of seven carrier strike groups (CSGs), demonstrating the ability of the Navy to provide credible combat across the globe, in five theaters with other U.S., allied, and coalition military forces. Summer Pulse is the Navys first deployment under its new Fleet Response Plan (FRP). U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 2nd Michael Sandberg For more information go to: www.cffc.navy.mil/summerpulse04.htm File# 040714-N-4374S-002
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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