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Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) is a United States Navy aircraft carrier air wing based at Naval Air Station Lemoore. The Air Wing is currently assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). [1] The Tail Code of aircraft assigned to CVW-9 is NG.
From 1969 to 1977, a number of carrier air wings were disestablished in the post-Vietnam drawdown: Carrier Air Wing 10 on 20 November 1969, [note 2] Readiness Carrier Air Wing 12 on 1 June 1970, Readiness Carrier Air Wing 4 on 1 July 1970, [17] Carrier Air Wing 16 on 30 June 1971, Carrier Air Wing 21 on 12 December 1975, and Carrier Air Wing 19 ...
By this time CVWR-20 had ceased to resemble a Carrier Air Wing consisting of only three carrier air wing squadrons and three aggressor squadrons and on 1 April of that year it was redesignated from CVWR-20 to Tactical Support Wing. Tactical Support Wing: TSW: TSW new: Tail Code "AF" (held over from former designation as Carrier Air Wing Reserve ...
Carrier Air Wing Nine flew more than 7250 sorties, consisting of approximately 12,747 flight hours with a sortie completion rate of 97 percent during its 2009 deployment. [52] MH-60S Knight Hawk from HSC-8. Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 71 , a new component to Carrier Air Wing Nine, was the first squadron of its kind to embark on board a ...
HSC-8 deployed as part of Carrier Air Wing NINE (CVW-9) aboard USS John C. Stennis in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, maritime security operations, and theater security exercises. One of the highlights of the deployment was the rescue of a drowning man in the Straits of Malacca - the Eightballer’s first overwater rescue in several years.
Strike Fighter Squadron One Five One (VFA-151) nicknamed the Vigilantes are a United States Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California. The squadron is a part of Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9). As part of CVW-9, the squadron's tail code is NG and its radio callsign is "Ugly".
The squadron flew out to its landbase at Lemoore, California on 9 August. VFA-41 conducted combat flights in support of Operations Inherent Resolve, Resolute Support and Freedom Sentinel over Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. Carrier Air Wing NINE squadrons returned to NAS Lemoore, North Island, Point Mugu, and Whidbey Island in May 2019.
Aircraft from Carrier Air Wing 9 were embarked aboard Nimitz. Nimitz and six additional ships arrived near Taiwan before 23 March 1996 presidential election. The Nimitz battle group received a Meritorious Unit Commendation for these operations, formally for the period 13 December 1995 to 3 May 1996.