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==Carriers in FlightGear==
==Carriers in FlightGear==
FlightGear currently includes three modern aircraft carriers:
FlightGear currently includes five modern aircraft carriers:


* Foch
* Foch
* USS Dwight D. Eisenhower  
* USS Dwight D. Eisenhower  
* USS Nimitz  
* USS Nimitz  
* USS Clemenceau
* USS Carl Vinson and the Vinson Battle Group


==Related content==
==Related content==

Revision as of 01:33, 6 November 2010

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 five modern aircraft carriers:

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

Related content