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Two F/A-18C Hornets and an F-14D Tomcat fly in a loose formation with their tailhooks down.
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Mediterranean Sea (Sep. 25, 2005) Two F/A-18C Hornets, assigned to the "Golden Warriors" of Strike Fighter Squadron Eight Seven (VFA-87), and an F-14D Tomcat, assigned to the "Blacklions" of Fighter Squadron Two One Three (VF-213), fly in a loose formation with their tailhooks down during a late evening mission over the Mediterranean Sea. VFA-87 and VF-213 are assigned to Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8), currently embarked aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). U.S. Navy photo by Lt.j.g. Scott Timmester File# 050925-N-5088T-002
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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