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Lt. j.g. Mathew Carter, assigned to the Black Eagles of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 113, renders a salute as the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) passes the USS Missouri memorial.
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PEARL HARBOR (Jun. 28, 2010) Lt. j.g. Mathew Carter, assigned to the Black Eagles of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 113, renders a salute as the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) passes the USS Missouri memorial and approaches the USS Arizona memorial. Ronald Reagan is in Hawaii to participate in the 22nd Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, the world's largest multinational maritime exercise. RIMPAC is a biennial, multinational exercise designed to strengthen regional partnerships and improve multinational interoperability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Oliver Cole) File# 100628-N-9132C-555
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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