Sailors assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 46 conduct a preflight on a P-3C Orion aircraft on the flightline of Naval Air Station North Island.
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CORONADO, Calif. (Nov. 01, 2016) Sailors assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 46 conduct a preflight on a P-3C Orion aircraft on the flightline of Naval Air Station North Island. VP-46 is supporting USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alexander Cole) File# 161101-N-EP641-053
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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