Operations Specialist 3rd Class Heather McAfee monitors incoming flights in the Combat Direction Center aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
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Pacific Ocean (Oct. 06, 2006) Operations Specialist 3rd Class Heather McAfee monitors incoming flights in the Combat Direction Center aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis and embarked Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) are currently conducting its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) off the coast of Southern California. U.S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Heidi Giacalone File# 061006-N-6364G-169
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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