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CVW-17 mainly consisted of detachments of six helicopter squadrons which were active in humanitarian relief operations. CVW-17 began its first regular deployment on Carl Vinson to the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean on 30 November 2010 and returned on 15 June 2011. CVW-17 completed a second deployment on Carl Vinson from November 2011 to ...
The four Carrier Air Wings below were established after 20 Dec 1963 as "Carrier Air Wings". CVW-17 which is a current Carrier Air Wing was also established after 20 Dec 1963 making five total Carrier Air Wings established after 20 Dec 1963 Wing Tail Code Insignia Notes [1] Carrier Air Wing TEN (2nd use) CVW-10: NM
CVW-17 aboard USS Saratoga in 1992. The Gulf War marked the largest concentrated use of carrier air wings since World War II. All F-4s had been retired and A-7Es had largely been replaced with F/A-18 Hornets. 2 fighter squadrons (VF) of 10–12 F-14 Tomcats, including TARPS photo reconnaissance aircraft
Carrier Air Wing 17 - deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea from 7 August 1990 to 28 March 1991. [23] [24] Fighter Squadron 74 (Grumman F-14 Tomcat)
Carrier Air Group Seventeen (CVG-17) was a designation used by the United States Navy to identify two unrelated Carrier Air Groups; the first of which was established on 1 January 1943 as Carrier Air Group Seventeen and disestablished on 1 April 1992 as Carrier Air Wing Six; and the second of which was established as Carrier Air Group Eighty Two on 1 April 1944 and ultimately disestablished as ...
NAS Lemoore also hosts four carrier air wings: Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2), Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9), Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11), and Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17). [ 3 ] History
In May 2004, VAQ-139 and CVW-14 deployed with USS John C. Stennis to the Pacific for the last time with Block 89 aircraft. Upon returning home in November 2004, they were awarded CVW-14's Golden Wrench Award for outstanding aviation maintenance. VAQ-139 EA-6B. On 18 March 2005 VAQ-139 accepted the first Improved Capabilities III Prowler.
The squadron was last attached to Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) and was the last squadron flying the Viking. VS-22 was disestablished in a ceremony at NAS Jacksonville on 29 January 2009, and officially on 31 March 2009. [1]