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Fire Controlman 2nd Class Kevin Flynn loads ammunition into a close-in weapons system (CIWS) before a live-fire exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jul. 24, 2016) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Kevin Flynn loads ammunition into a close-in weapons system (CIWS) before a live-fire exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is conducting sea trials to complete a planned incremental availability. After completion she will begin a training and qualification cycle in preparation for a 2017 deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brianna Bowens) File# 160724-N-GI441-083
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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