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Vice President Michael R. Pence meets Japanese service members on the flight deck of the Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
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YOKOSUKA, Japan (Apr. 19, 2017) Vice President Michael R. Pence meets Japanese service members on the flight deck of the Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The vice president's tour of the ship and his remarks to U.S. and Japanese service members highlighted the administration's continuing commitment to rebuilding the U.S. military and to its alliances in the region. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan Burke) File# 170419-N-OI810-1346
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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