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PACIFIC OCEAN (Sep. 22, 2007) An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the "Flying Eagles" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 122, flies over Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln is underway off the coast of Southern California conducting Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualification to certify new pilots to launch and recover aircraft aboard a carrier at sea. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class James R. Evans File# 070922-N-7981E-544
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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