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The aircrew of an F-14D Tomcat try to relax while standing the Alert Seven watch.
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South China Sea (Sep. 14, 2004) The aircrew of an F-14D Tomcat assigned to the "Tomcatters" of Fighter Squadron Three One (VF-31), try to relax while standing the Alert Seven watch, aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). The watch consist of a manned and ready aircraft ready to respond to an airborne threat within minutes. Stennis and embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are currently participating in a scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Charlie Whetstine File# 040914-N-7732W-013
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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