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Cmdr. Alex Hampton, from Chicago, the new commanding officer of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27, performs a high-speed fly-by in an F/A-18E Super Hornet
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PHILIPPINE SEA (Sep. 24, 2017) Cmdr. Alex Hampton, from Chicago, the new commanding officer of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27, performs a high-speed fly-by in an F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned toVFA-27 after an aerial change-of-command over the flight deck of the Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is conducting bilateral training exercises in the Philippine Sea with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer JS Akebono (DD 108). Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kenneth Abbate) File# 170924-N-OY799-103
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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