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Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Raffy Padrigo, left, cleans a panel on an F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the Black Knights of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154, in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
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U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Oct. 03, 2013) Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Raffy Padrigo, left, cleans a panel on an F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the Black Knights of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154, in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Siobhana R. McEwen) File# 131003-N-MX772-024
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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