Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Edward Constantino of Pittsburgh, Pa., cleans the approach lights on the nose landing gear of an F/A-18F Super Hornet.

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Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Edward Constantino of Pittsburgh, Pa., cleans the approach lights on the nose landing gear of an F/A-18F Super Hornet.

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East China Sea (Mar. 09, 2005) Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Edward Constantino of Pittsburgh, Pa., cleans the approach lights on the nose landing gear of an F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the Diamondbacks of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two (VFA-102), prior to flight operations aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). Plane Captains are responsible for the integrity of the aircraft that they are assigned and perform vital inspections key to the complete success of every mission. Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility, Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the U.S. Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 3rd Class Jonathan Chandler File# 050309-N-3488C-086

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.