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An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Diamondbacks, of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two (VFA 102) launches off the flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63).
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Pacific Ocean (May. 27, 2006) An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Diamondbacks, of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two (VFA 102) launches off the flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). The F/A-18F is an all-weather attack aircraft that can also be used as a fighter. Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the U.S. Navy's only permanently forward deployed aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Stephen W. Rowe File# 060527-N-6106R-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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