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Naval Air Crewman 1st Class Stephen Martin, from Olathe, Kan., loads .50-caliber ammunition for a GAU-21 machine gun into an ammunition can on an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 23, 2009) Naval Air Crewman 1st Class Stephen Martin, from Olathe, Kan., loads .50-caliber ammunition for a GAU-21 machine gun into an ammunition can on an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the "Eightballers" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). HSC-8 is testing a new four-gun configuration on the Sea Hawk to increase operational capabilities against potential small boat threats. John C. Stennis and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Elliott Fabrizio) File# 090123-N-2610F-020
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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