F/A-18E Super Hornets assigned to the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 prepare to launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).

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F/A-18E Super Hornets assigned to the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 prepare to launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).

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GULF OF OMAN (Aug. 20, 2013) F/A-18E Super Hornets assigned to the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 prepare to launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nathan R. McDonald) File# 130820-N-TI017-098

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.