Aircraft carrier

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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.

Carriers in FlightGear

FlightGear currently includes three modern aircraft carriers:

  • Foch
  • USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • USS Nimitz

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