Salvage Sailor Posted April 4, 2022 #51 Posted April 4, 2022 COMMANDER CARRIER DIVISION FIFTEEN (COMCARDIV 15) 1950's USS POINT CRUZ (CVE-119)
Salvage Sailor Posted October 5, 2022 #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
Salvage Sailor Posted October 7, 2022 #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
Salvage Sailor Posted March 21, 2023 #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.
Salvage Sailor Posted July 3, 2023 #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
Salvage Sailor Posted September 4, 2023 #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
Salvage Sailor Posted November 18, 2023 #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
Salvage Sailor Posted November 18, 2023 #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
Salvage Sailor Posted January 29, 2024 #59 Posted January 29, 2024 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.
Salvage Sailor Posted February 4, 2024 #60 Posted February 4, 2024 Commander Carrier Group Six Swiss Tex, 1970's
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