Salvage Sailor Posted April 4, 2022 Share #51 Posted April 4, 2022 COMMANDER CARRIER DIVISION FIFTEEN (COMCARDIV 15) 1950's USS POINT CRUZ (CVE-119) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 5, 2022 Share #52 Posted October 5, 2022 On 8/25/2018 at 8:46 AM, Salvage Sailor said: CVG-5 Carrier Air Group Five aboard USS BON HOMME RICHARD (CVA-31) 1957-1958 WESTPAC, CDR. R.M. Bagwell, CAG-5 https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv31-57/123.htm Carrier Air Group Five (CVG-5) June 26, 1951 - March 25, 1952 aboard USS Essex (CV 9) - West Pacific, Korean War 5 1/2" Applique Bullion on Felt 7" USS ESSEX (CV-9) TF-77 X DIVISION Korean War Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 7, 2022 Share #53 Posted October 7, 2022 Carrier Air Wing Nineteen Indian Country (North Vietnam) 1972 aboard USS Oriskany (CVA-34) June 5, 1972 - March 30, 1973 The Two Red Stars Denote Operation Pocket Money (the mining of Haiphong Harbor) Operation Linebacker (the Christmas bombing of Hanoi) Two U.S. Navy Ling-Temco-Vought A-7A Corsair II from Attack Squadron VA-153 Blue Tail Flies and an A-7B from VA-155 Silver Foxes dropping Mk 82 227 kg bombs over Vietnam. Both squadrons were assigned to to Carrier Air Wing 19 (CVW-19) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34) for a deployment to Vietnam from 5 June 1972 to 30 March 1973. Official U.S. Navy photograph from the USS Oriskany (CVA-34) 1972-73 Cruise Book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted March 21, 2023 Share #54 Posted March 21, 2023 The short lived second CVW-10 (1986–1988) The Wings only seagoing deployment was aboard USS ENTERPRISE (CVAN-65) in 1987 just before all of CVW-10's squadrons were disestablished due to the end of the Cold War draw down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 3, 2023 Share #55 Posted July 3, 2023 Link -->> USS Lexington (CVA 16) WestPac Cruise Book 1961-62 CVG-14 'Minutemen' Gaggle Patch USS LEXINGTON (CVA-16) WESTPAC 1961-1962 Looks like it was pulled from a flight jacket and then a scrapbook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 4, 2023 Share #56 Posted September 4, 2023 USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) Underway in 1991 with CVW-9 aboard Arabian Nights Flying Club CVW-9 USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) Desert Storm WESTPAC 1991 Carrier Air Wing 9 HS-2 VAQ-138 VAW-112 VA-165 VF-211 VF-24 VFA-146 VFA-147 VS-33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 18, 2023 Share #57 Posted November 18, 2023 USS KITTY HAWK (CVA-63) CARRIER AIR WING ELEVEN (CVW-11) South American Cruise August-November 1961 Maiden shakedown cruise and transfer to the Pacific Fleet Around Cape Horn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 18, 2023 Share #58 Posted November 18, 2023 On 9/26/2018 at 9:18 AM, Salvage Sailor said: 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 The air wing's last Vietnam War cruise above (1972) ...and the following cruise 1973 - 1974 WESTPAC - INDIAN OCEAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 29 Share #59 Posted January 29 CVWR-20 (CARAIRWINGRES TWENTY) Established 1970-2007 The two Reserve Carrier Air Wings, CVWR-20 and CVWR-30, were established on 1 April 1970 followed by two carrier ASW group [CVSGR-70 and CVSGR-80] on 1 May 1968. This was a continuation of a program initiated in July 1968 to give Naval Air Reserve squadrons an improved combat readiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 4 Share #60 Posted February 4 Commander Carrier Group Six Swiss Tex, 1970's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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