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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 ...
On 11 September 2014 at 17:40 hrs local time, two F/A-18Cs from CVW-17 crashed in the western Pacific Ocean whilst Carl Vinson was in her area of operations in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The planes where attached to Strike Squadron 94 and Strike Fighter Squadron 113 and collided 7 miles from the carrier, an area approximately 290 miles west ...
See CVW-3 in the "Current Carrier Air Wings" section. CVG-4(1st) Established as Ranger Air Group on 1 July 1938, still active. See CVW-1 in the "Current Carrier Air Wings" section. CVG-5(1st) Established on 1 Jan 1943, still active. See CVW-5 in the "Current Carrier Air Wings" section. CVG-6(1st) Established 15 Mar 1943, disestablished 29 Oct 1945.
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During the Vietnam War, Attack Carrier Air Wings typically consisted of approximately 70 aircraft, including two fighter squadrons and three attack squadrons, plus the special squadrons and detachments (VAW, VAQ, RVAH or VFP, VQ, HC or HS). [17] CVG-15 aboard USS Coral Sea, 1963. In 1965, a typical Carrier Air Wing consisted of:
In 1958, the squadron was assigned to Carrier Air Group 17 (CVG-17), but was not deployed as CVG-17 was disbanded. The next cruise in 1959/60 was aboard the USS Essex as part of CVG-10. In November and December 1960 VA-176 was assigned to Carrier Anti-submarine Air Group 52 (CVSG-52) aboard the USS Wasp.
Allegiant Air pilots have overwhelmingly voted to authorize union leaders to strike. The vote last week was supported by more than 97% of Allegiant pilots represented by Teamsters Local 2118.
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