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WE TRY HARDER - Unknown CVW patch, Vietnam War for ID

 

Another Carrier Air Group Five "Going Downtown"? Any guesses

 

 

As I'm sure you are aware, this one has been floating around, no pun intended, for a long time. Been ID as Army or Navy.

I have one of these and would love a solid answer

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Thanks for the link Bearmon,

 

I'm still thinking a Navy Carrier Air Group, not USAF, based upon the rainbow arrows coming from the sea. More than one CVG uses the rainbow in their heraldry so the search continues for a positive ID on this one.

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Thanks for the link Bearmon,

 

I'm still thinking a Navy Carrier Air Group, not USAF, based upon the rainbow arrows coming from the sea. More than one CVG uses the rainbow in their heraldry so the search continues for a positive ID on this one.

I always thought the same. I was just saying what others have said. Ive also heard it was an Army AVN unit, but I don’t think so.

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USS KITTY HAWK (CVA-63) WESTPAC 1972 Vietnam Combat Cruise https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv63-72/index.html

Carrier Air Wing 11

RVAH-7

VA-52

VAW-114

VF-114

VAQ-135

VA-192

VA-195

VF-213

HC-1 Det. 1

 

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The patch above came along with this one

 

USS KITTY HAWK (CVA-63) A DIVISION Westpac 1972

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CVW 17 - Carrier Air Wing Seventeen, USS FORRESTAL (CV-59) 11 deployments to the Mediterranean Sea with the Sixth Fleet

 

 

CVW 17  Ace Novelty USS FORRESTAL CV 59 001.jpg


Japanese made Ace Novelty version circa early 1970's

 

CVW 17  Ace Novelty USS FORRESTAL CV 59 002.jpg

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Air Wing 7

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They were attached to the USS George Washington CVN-73 when I was aboard, tailcode AG.

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On 3/21/2014 at 11:07 AM, Bearmon said:

Air Wing 16

 

 

CVW-16 Japanese Made cut edge, USS ORISKANY (CVA-34) Vietnam War

 

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Carrier Division One - COMCARDIV 1, US SEVENTH FLEET (TF-77) In the early years of the Vietnam War Carrier Division 1 comprised USS Yorktown (CV-10), USS Hornet (CV-12), and USS Hancock (CV-19), all Essex class carriers assigned to Yankee Station

 

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CARRIER DIVISION 2 (CarDiv2) Established in 1931, now Carrier Strike Group 2 (CSG-2)

 

During the Second World War, aircraft carriers assigned to Carrier Division Two participated in the Doolittle Raid, the Battle of Midway, the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, Operation Hailstone, the Battle of the Philippine Sea, and the Battle of Leyte Gulf, as well as the Solomon Islands campaign, the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, the Hollandia and Western New Guinea campaign, the Philippines Campaign, the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, the Iwo Jima campaign, and the Okinawan campaign, as part of the Navy's Fast Carrier Task Force. Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman commanded the division in 1943 while it was operating with the Fast Carrier Task Force.
 
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On 1 August 1955 the division was made up of USS Bennington (Newport) and USS Lake Champlain (flagship) at Mayport. Ranger sailed as the flagship of Rear Admiral H. H. Caldwell, Commander, Carrier Division 2, from Hawaii to join the Seventh Fleet in February 1959. Air operations off Okinawa were followed by maneuvers with naval units from U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay. A special weapons warfare exercise and a patrol along the southern seaboard of Japan followed. During this deployment, Ranger launched more than 7,000 sorties.
 
After the war, division aircraft carriers were involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. USS Enterprise flew the flag of Commander Carrier Division 2 in 1963. Rear Admiral Bernard M. Strean, as division commander, led Enterprise, Long Beach, and Bainbridge around the world in Operation Sea Orbit from July to October 1964. 'Sea Orbit' was a successful test of the first all-nuclear-powered task force. On 25 September 1965, Rear Admiral J. O. Cobb broke his flag as Commander, Carrier Division 2, aboard USS America. The division was re-designated as Commander Carrier Group 2 (ComCarGru 2) in 1973.

 

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Great thread so far, thought I might add another few that haven't been posted yet. CVSG-55

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A pair of slightly different CVSG-54 patches. White border has CAG-54 on the scroll. Black border has CVSG-54

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Carrier Air Groups 7 and 8

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Carrier Air Groups 3 and 6

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CVW-6

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Carrier Air Group 19

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CVW-11 from USS Kitty Hawk

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USS Kitty Hawk CVW-11

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My personal favorite of all the Carrier Air Wing 11 patches.

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1956 Air Task Group 1 aboard the USS Lexington

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CAG-10 aboard the USS Forrestal

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CVSG-50

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CVG or CVW 19. Not sure what the matching little patch is, but they came together as a set

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Carrier Air Group 2

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I had previously posted this unknown in the Can You ID section, but was not able to get a definitive ID on it.

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Last one for tonight. Another version of CVW 15

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CVG or CVW 19. Not sure what the matching little patch is, but they came together as a set

 

BTF that's mysterious.

 

Great selection of gaggle and group patches

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Thanks Salvage Sailor. I finally gave up on trying to decipher the BTF patch. Maybe it was a sailor's initials or abbreviation for a popular slogan or term on board?

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CVW-15 aboard the Coral Sea circa 1967-1968

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CVW 15 USS Carl Vinson

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CVW-15 USS Carl Vinson

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Carrier Air Group 1

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ASW Fleet Air Wings Pacific

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CVW-14

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Last CVW-15 set

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ATG 201

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A slightly different version of a previously posted Air Group 11

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Carrier Air Wing 3

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CVW 21 aboard the USS Hancock 1975

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I was happy to just pick up this Carrier Air Group 21 last weekend.

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Carrier Air Wings 6, (with Commander Carrier Division 2) and 9 aboard the USS America.

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Attack Carrier Air Group 11

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Carrier Antisubmarine Air Group 59 (CVSG-59) April 1960 to June 1973

CVSG 59 USS BENNINGTON CVS 20 001.jpg

 

CVSG 59 USS BENNINGTON CVS 20 002.jpg

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Thank you Bearmon. Once I started posting, I couldn't stop :) Kind of like the old commercials for Lays potato chips!

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Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) 1990's

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Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) 1990's

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Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) DCPO Fire Crew (F-18 Hornet?)

SO OTHERS MAY LIVE

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CAG-11 patch Korean war.

I'm new to the forum and posted this in the wrong place so I reposted here, I could not delete the other post.

For reference a photo  from the book VF-11/111 ‘Sundowners’ 1942–95 by Barrett Tillmans-l1600-3.jpg.9037f25405ac725299555dedaec2a998.jpg

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Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) Beach Detachment, Philippine Islands

LAND SHARKS - San Miguel Detachment

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Carrier Antisubmarine Air Group 53 (CVSG-53) April 1, 1960 - June 1, 1973

Aboard USS KEARSARGE (CVS-33) 1961 to 1969 & USS TICONDEROGA (CVS-14) in 1972

 

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USS Kearsarge (CVS 33) with Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group 53 (CVSG-53) embarked - June 1969 Gulf of Tonkin

 

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USS Kearsarge (CVS 33) with Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group 53 (CVSG-53) embarked - July 1966 war cruise

 

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USS Kearsarge (CVS 33) with Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group 53 (CVSG-53) embarked - 1966 war cruise

 

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CARRIER ANTI SUBMARINE AIR GROUP FIFTY SIX - CARANTISUBAIRGRU 56, 1970's USS INTREPID (CVS-11)

 

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CVSG-56 established on May 25, 1960 - disestablished on June 30, 1973

 

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