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Three F/A-18F Super Hornets assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron Two (VFA-2) fly by during an air power demonstration aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
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Pacific Ocean (Aug. 05, 2006) Three F/A-18F Super Hornets assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron Two (VFA-2) fly by during an air power demonstration aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and embarked Carrier Airwing Two (CVW-2) are completing a western Pacific deployment in support of U.S. Policy in the Pacific region. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike group participated in many exercises during the deployment, including Exercise Valiant Shield and Exercise Rim of the Pacific. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class James R. McGury File# 060805-N-0499M-129
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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