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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.
Carrier Air Wing EIGHT: CVW-8: 1951 E 1957 AJ: Established as CVG-8 (2nd use of the designation) on 9 Apr 1951, redesignated CVW-8 on 20 Dec 1963. Carrier Air Wing NINE: CVW-9: 1952 N 1957 NG: Established as CVG-9 (3rd use of the designation) on 26 Mar 1952, redesignated CVW-9 on 20 Dec 1963. Carrier Air Wing ELEVEN: CVW-11: 1946 V 1957 NH
Diverse aircraft from Carrier Air Wing Two fly in formation above the USS Abraham Lincoln. A carrier air wing (abbreviated CVW) is an operational naval aviation organization composed of several aircraft squadrons and detachments of various types of fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft. [1]
Lemoore is home to aircraft assigned to the following Carrier Air Wings. Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2), assigned to USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9), assigned to USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11), assigned to USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17), assigned to USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
On 9 May 2017, Abraham Lincoln got underway for sea trials, following the four-year refueling and complex overhaul. More than 2.5 million man-hours of work were conducted aboard the ship, including refueling the reactors, upgrading ship's infrastructure and modernizing combat systems and air wing capabilities to increase combat effectiveness.
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".
In April 1997, CVW-8 embarked on USS John F. Kennedy for a Mediterranean/Persian Gulf deployment. During this deployment, CVW-8 participated in numerous exercises and detachments including Infinite Acclaim, Beacon Flash and Invitex. During Invitex the Air Wing completed over 350 sorties including 203 sorties in a single day of surge operations.
Also on that date, the carrier Stennis and Carrier Air Wing Nine received the 2012 Ramage Award for carrier/air wing operational excellence during the 2012–2013 deployment. [ 105 ] On 29 April 2013, the carrier Vinson and the cruiser Mobile Bay arrived at Naval Station San Diego, California, ending the 2013 deployment.