Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Marie Fentress checks the connection on a GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided to an F/A-18A+ Hornet.
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GULF OF OMAN (Feb. 04, 2009) Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Marie Fentress checks the connection on a GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bomb to an F/A-18A+ Hornet assigned to the "Golden Warriors" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 87 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 are operating in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Antwjuan Richards-Jamison) File# 090204-N-8822R-187
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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