Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Nate Strickland looks on as an F/A-18C Hornet lands aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).

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Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Nate Strickland looks on as an F/A-18C Hornet lands aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).

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PACIFIC OCEAN (May. 09, 2011) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Nate Strickland, from Birmingham, Ala., looks on as an F/A-18C Hornet from the Golden Dragons of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 192 lands aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is participating in a composite training unit exercise off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth Abbate) File# 110509-N-OY799-051

Carriers

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.