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F/A-18 launches from USS John F. Kennedy
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At sea aboard USS John F. Kennedy An F/A-18 Hornet Strike Fighter assigned to the "Wildcats" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Three One (VFA-131) launches from the flight deck. The Kennedy and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) are conducting combat missions over Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 1st Class Jim Hampshire. File# 020319-N-6492H-514
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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