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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Sep. 30, 2007) Aircraft from the Sunliners of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 87 perform a squadron flyby over the control tower at Naval Air Station Oceana before reuniting with their families. VFA-87 returned from a six-month Western Pacific deployment aboard aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Edward I. Fagg File# 070930-N-4469F-015
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.