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[[Image:Carrier3.jpg|thumb|300px|The Nimitz carrier in the San Fransisco bay]]
[[File:Carrier3.jpg|thumb|300px|The Nimitz carrier in the San Fransisco bay]]
An '''aircraft carrier''' is a warship designed with a primary mission of deploying and recovering [[aircraft]], acting as a seagoing airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power great distances without having to depend on local bases for staging aircraft operations. Most modern day aircraft carriers are nuclear powered, and thus not dependent upon fuel. Modern carriers can operate for as much as 20 years without having to refuel.


'''Carriers''' or '''Aircraft Carriers''' are ships that [[aircraft]] can land on, and [[FlightGear]] has some support for Naval operations. There are some other types of aircraft carriers such as [[airships]] and heavy bombers but these are obscure historical examples.
== Carriers in FlightGear ==
FlightGear currently includes four modern aircraft carriers:


Carriers in [[FlightGear 1.0]] currently includes 2 modern aircraft carriers:
* USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
* USS Nimitz
* USS Carl Vinson and the Vinson Battle Group
* USS Harry Truman and the Truman Battle Group
* Clemenceau


== Related content ==
* [[Howto: Carrier]] teaches how to land on and takeoff from a carrier.
* [[Carrier over MP]] for carrier control over a multiplay network.
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*[[USS Nimitz]]
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*[[FNS Foch]]
 
 
===Related===
 
*[[Howto: Carrier]]
*[[Carrier over MP]]
 
==See also==
*[[Table of models]]
 
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Latest revision as of 06:58, 2 September 2017

The Nimitz carrier in the San Fransisco bay

An aircraft carrier is a warship designed with a primary mission of deploying and recovering aircraft, acting as a seagoing airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power great distances without having to depend on local bases for staging aircraft operations. Most modern day aircraft carriers are nuclear powered, and thus not dependent upon fuel. Modern carriers can operate for as much as 20 years without having to refuel.

Carriers in FlightGear

FlightGear currently includes four modern aircraft carriers:

  • USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • USS Nimitz
  • USS Carl Vinson and the Vinson Battle Group
  • USS Harry Truman and the Truman Battle Group
  • Clemenceau

Related content

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