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Aviation Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Hugh Ratsch, from Montgomery, Ala., runs a diagnostics program from the cockpit of an F/A-18F Super Hornet.
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U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Jan. 01, 2013) Aviation Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Hugh Ratsch, from Montgomery, Ala., runs a diagnostics program from the cockpit of an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41 in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Lex T. Wenberg / Released) File# 130101-N-RJ456-052
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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