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  2. List of United States Navy aircraft wings - Wikipedia

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    Those Carrier Air Groups are the forerunners of today's Carrier Air Wings. Today the U.S. Navy operates both Aircraft Carrier based Carrier Air Wings and land based Functional Wings and Type Wings. Carrier Air Wings are operational units made up of squadrons of different types of aircraft that deploy aboard aircraft carriers.

  3. Carrier air wing - Wikipedia

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    Carrier Air Wings integrate closely with their assigned aircraft carriers, forming a "carrier/air wing team" that trains and deploys together. There are currently nine U.S. Navy Carrier Air Wings; four of the wing commanders and their staffs are based at Naval Air Station Oceana , Virginia, four are based at Naval Air Station Lemoore ...

  4. List of carrier-based aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Sqn. Cdr. E. H. Dunning makes the first landing of an aircraft on a moving ship, a Sopwith Pup on HMS Furious, August 2, 1917.. This List of carrier-based aircraft covers fixed-wing aircraft designed for aircraft carrier flight deck operation and excludes aircraft intended for use from seaplane tenders, submarines and dirigibles.

  5. Carrier-based aircraft - Wikipedia

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    A carrier-based aircraft (also known as carrier-capable aircraft, carrier-borne aircraft, or carrier aircraft) is a naval aircraft designed for operations from aircraft carriers. Carrier-based aircraft must be able to launch in a short distance and be sturdy enough to withstand the abrupt forces of launching from and recovering on a pitching deck.

  6. List of aircraft carriers - Wikipedia

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    An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft, that serves as a seagoing airbase. Included in this list are ships which meet the above definition and had an official name ( italicized ) or designation (non-italicized), regardless of whether they were or ...

  7. U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps aircraft tail codes - Wikipedia

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    As of August 1948, tail codes were no longer assigned to aircraft carriers but rather to carrier air groups, which in December 1963 were re-designated as carrier air wings. U.S. Navy carrier-based squadrons that deploy as whole units, like fighter and attack squadrons, use their parent carrier air wing tail codes; these types of squadrons are ...

  8. List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy Hull no. Name Image Class Commissioned Decommissioned Service life Status Ref. CV-1 Langley: Langley : 20 March 1922 27 February 1942 19 years, 344 days Sunk near Cilacap, Java in 1942 [13] [14] [15] CV-2 Lexington: Lexington (lead ship) 14 December 1927 8 May 1942 14 years, 145 days

  9. Category:Carrier Air Wings - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Carrier Air Wings" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...