USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) flight deck certifications.
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Atlantic Ocean (Jul. 24, 2003) An F/A-18 Hornet from the "Salty Dogs" of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23) makes a "touch-and-go" landing prior to making the first arrested landing or "trap" on the flight deck aboard the Navys newest Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The ship is currently underway off the coast of Virginia conducting flight deck certification. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographers Mate Michael J. Cole. File# 030724-N-2945C-001
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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