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   1 day ago · Four modern aircraft carriers of various types— USS John C. Stennis, Charles de Gaulle (French Navy), USS John F. Kennedy, helicopter carrier HMS Ocean —and escort vessels, 2002. An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and ...

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   What is an aircraft carrier?

   • An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft.

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   How many aircraft carriers are in service?

   • Twelve are in service: ten Nimitz and one Gerald R. Ford -class fleet carriers in the United States; and the Charles de Gaulle in France. Short take-off barrier-arrested recovery (STOBAR): these carriers are generally limited to carrying lighter fixed-wing aircraft with more limited payloads.

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   Do aircraft carriers have a flight deck?

   • As "runways at sea", aircraft carriers have a flat-top flight deck, which launches and recovers aircraft. Aircraft launch forward, into the wind, and are recovered from astern. The flight deck is where the most notable differences between a carrier and a land runway are found. Creating such a surface at sea poses constraints on the carrier.

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   What makes a good aircraft carrier?

   • Traditionally an aircraft carrier is supposed to be one ship that can perform at least power projection and sea control missions. An aircraft carrier must be able to efficiently operate an air combat group. This means it should [citation needed] handle fixed-wing jets as well as helicopters.

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