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Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan
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At sea in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (Oct. 12, 2001) USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and the fast combat support ship USS Sacramento (AOE 1) steam side-by-side during a routine replenishment at sea (RAS). The Vinson is conducting flight operations against terrorist training camps and Taliban military installations in Afghanistan. The carefully-targeted actions are designed to disrupt the use of Afghanistan as a base for terrorist operations and to attack the military capability of the Taliban regime in support of Operation "Enduring Freedom." U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Carol Warden. File# 011012-N-5884W-001
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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