F-14D Tomcats launch from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) to their homeport of Naval Air Station Oceana.

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F-14D Tomcats launch from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) to their homeport of Naval Air Station Oceana.

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Atlantic Ocean (Mar. 10, 2006) F-14D Tomcats launch from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) to their homeport of Naval Air Station Oceana. VF-213 and VF-31 are completing their final deployment flying the F-14 Tomcat. For the past 30 years, the F-14 Tomcat has assured U.S. air superiority, playing a key role in ensuring victory and preserving peace around the world. The F-14 Tomcat will be removed from service and officially stricken from the inventory in September of 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Chris Thamann File# 060310-N-6410T-003

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.