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An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter prepares to drop a pallet of ordnance from USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) onto USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 28, 2011) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Wild Cards of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 prepares to drop a pallet of ordnance from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) onto the flight deck of the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) during an ordnance handling evolution. Ronald Reagan is underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dylan McCord) File# 110828-N-SB672-267
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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