Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Katherine Osborne, from Monmouth, Maine, tows an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41 in USS John C. Stennis' (CVN 74) hangar bay.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 07, 2016) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Katherine Osborne, from Monmouth, Maine, tows an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41 in USS John C. Stennis' (CVN 74) hangar bay. Providing a combat-ready force to protect collective maritime interests, Stennis is operating as part of the Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth Rodriguez Santiago) File# 160206-N-GZ947-029
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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