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Starting in 1960, CVG-15 would begin a two decade long attachment with the USS Coral Sea that would continue when in 1963, [citation needed] all CVGs were re-designated as Carrier Air Wings. [1] With this, CVG-15 became Carrier Air Wing 15. CVW-15 however did deploy with the USS Constellation only once in 1966 during the Vietnam War.
He is the recipient of several military awards, including the Defense Superior Service Medal, 11 Air Medals, a Meritorious Service Medal, and the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross. At the time of his retirement in 1999, Bien was the highest-ranking naval officer in South Dakota history, [ 1 ] as well as the state's first three-star admiral.
In October 1966, his call sign was "The Beak". VA-192 joined Carrier Air Wing Nineteen on board the USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) for a deployment in the Gulf of Tonkin and South China Sea. During the squadron's first forty days on the line in combat, he accumulated 21 combat missions.
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 ...
On 20 December 1963 the navy redesignated its Carrier Air Groups to Carrier Air Wings and CVG-11 became Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11). CVW-11 flew the first Offensive Missions against North Vietnam in the spring of 1964, also experiencing the first losses of U.S. Navy aircraft; LT Charles Klusman was later rescued in August 1964 and returned ...
USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 collectively earned the 2012 Ramage Award for carrier/air wing operational excellence 26 March 2012. The Navy-wide award, named for Rear Adm. James "Jig Dog" Ramage, a legendary World War II ace, recognizes the top aircraft carrier/air wing team for best performance as an integrated unit ...
Carrier Air Wing Six (CVW-6) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier air wing whose operational history spans from the middle of World War II to the end of the Cold War. Established in 1943 as Carrier Air Group Seventeen ( CVG-17 ), it would be re-designated several times during its establishment, including Carrier Air Group Six ( CVG-6 ) as ...
After that yearly combat cruises followed and VF-154 soon transitioned to the F-4 Phantom II and became part of Carrier Air Wing 2, where it remained until 1980. After a second cruise with USS Coral Sea, the squadron shifted carrier to USS Ranger and completing five more cruises to South East Asia. VF-154 F-4N Phantom II (right) aboard USS ...