firefighter Posted September 24, 2018 Share #26 Posted September 24, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearmon Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share #27 Posted September 24, 2018 http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/107673-patch-id-needed-we-try-harder-vietnam/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 24, 2018 Share #28 Posted September 24, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted September 25, 2018 Share #29 Posted September 25, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 26, 2018 Share #30 Posted September 26, 2018 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 This was the "Race Riot At Sea" cruise..... https://www.navytimes.com/military-honor/black-military-history/2017/02/28/race-riot-at-sea-1972-kitty-hawk-incident-fueled-fleet-wide-unrest/ The patch above came along with this one USS KITTY HAWK (CVA-63) A DIVISION Westpac 1972 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 5, 2018 Share #31 Posted November 5, 2018 CVW 17 - Carrier Air Wing Seventeen, USS FORRESTAL (CV-59) 11 deployments to the Mediterranean Sea with the Sixth Fleet Japanese made Ace Novelty version circa early 1970's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRIS FORD Posted November 5, 2018 Share #32 Posted November 5, 2018 Air Wing 7 They were attached to the USS George Washington CVN-73 when I was aboard, tailcode AG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted December 3, 2018 Share #33 Posted December 3, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted April 9, 2019 Share #34 Posted April 9, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted May 12, 2019 Share #35 Posted May 12, 2019 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. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franky Posted May 13, 2019 Share #36 Posted May 13, 2019 Air Task Group 4 USS Yorktown 1956. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siamundo Posted May 16, 2019 Share #37 Posted May 16, 2019 Great thread so far, thought I might add another few that haven't been posted yet. CVSG-55 A pair of slightly different CVSG-54 patches. White border has CAG-54 on the scroll. Black border has CVSG-54 Carrier Air Groups 7 and 8 Carrier Air Groups 3 and 6 CVW-6 Carrier Air Group 19 CVW-11 from USS Kitty Hawk USS Kitty Hawk CVW-11 My personal favorite of all the Carrier Air Wing 11 patches. 1956 Air Task Group 1 aboard the USS Lexington CAG-10 aboard the USS Forrestal CVSG-50 CVG or CVW 19. Not sure what the matching little patch is, but they came together as a set Carrier Air Group 2 I had previously posted this unknown in the Can You ID section, but was not able to get a definitive ID on it. Last one for tonight. Another version of CVW 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted May 16, 2019 Share #38 Posted May 16, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siamundo Posted May 17, 2019 Share #39 Posted May 17, 2019 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siamundo Posted May 17, 2019 Share #40 Posted May 17, 2019 CVW-15 aboard the Coral Sea circa 1967-1968 CVW 15 USS Carl Vinson CVW-15 USS Carl Vinson Carrier Air Group 1 ASW Fleet Air Wings Pacific CVW-14 Last CVW-15 set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siamundo Posted May 18, 2019 Share #41 Posted May 18, 2019 ATG 201 A slightly different version of a previously posted Air Group 11 Carrier Air Wing 3 CVW 21 aboard the USS Hancock 1975 I was happy to just pick up this Carrier Air Group 21 last weekend. Carrier Air Wings 6, (with Commander Carrier Division 2) and 9 aboard the USS America. Attack Carrier Air Group 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearmon Posted May 18, 2019 Author Share #42 Posted May 18, 2019 Nice patches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted May 18, 2019 Share #43 Posted May 18, 2019 Carrier Antisubmarine Air Group 59 (CVSG-59) April 1960 to June 1973 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siamundo Posted May 19, 2019 Share #44 Posted May 19, 2019 Thank you Bearmon. Once I started posting, I couldn't stop Kind of like the old commercials for Lays potato chips! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 7, 2019 Share #45 Posted July 7, 2019 COMCARDIV 14 - Carrier Division Fourteen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 21, 2019 Share #46 Posted September 21, 2019 Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) 1990's Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) 1990's Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) DCPO Fire Crew (F-18 Hornet?) SO OTHERS MAY LIVE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toko-Ri Posted August 19, 2020 Share #47 Posted August 19, 2020 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 Tillman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 30, 2020 Share #48 Posted August 30, 2020 Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) Beach Detachment, Philippine Islands LAND SHARKS - San Miguel Detachment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 7, 2021 Share #49 Posted November 7, 2021 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 USS Kearsarge (CVS 33) with Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group 53 (CVSG-53) embarked - June 1969 Gulf of Tonkin USS Kearsarge (CVS 33) with Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group 53 (CVSG-53) embarked - July 1966 war cruise USS Kearsarge (CVS 33) with Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group 53 (CVSG-53) embarked - 1966 war cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 25, 2022 Share #50 Posted January 25, 2022 CARRIER ANTI SUBMARINE AIR GROUP FIFTY SIX - CARANTISUBAIRGRU 56, 1970's USS INTREPID (CVS-11) CVSG-56 established on May 25, 1960 - disestablished on June 30, 1973 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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