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An F/A-18E assigned to the �Tophatters� of Strike Fighter Squadron Fourteen (VFA-14).
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The Arabian Gulf (Apr. 13, 2003) An F/A-18E assigned to the Tophatters of Strike Fighter Squadron Fourteen (VFA-14) approaches the flight deck for an arrested landing aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz and Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are deployed conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Michael J. Pusnik, Jr. File# 030413-N-4441P-003
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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