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Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 1st Class Earl Hendricks and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Jeff Fruge
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 19, 2010) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 1st Class Earl Hendricks and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Jeff Fruge operate the Catapult 3 control panel during flight operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway in the Pacific Ocean supporting Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation that provides U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multi-national environment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Stephen G. Hale II) File# 100319-N-5049H-263
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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