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An HH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter and an SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter are launched from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 28, 2009) An HH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter and an SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter, both assigned to the "Golden Falcons" of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron (HS) 2, are launched from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) before fixed-wing flight operations. Abraham Lincoln is underway on a scheduled work-up conducting sustainment training and carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans) File# 090128-N-7981E-027
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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