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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 ...
CVG-82 on USS Bennington, 1944. There were two Carrier Air Groups designated Carrier Air Group SEVENTEEN (CVG-17). Neither group shares a lineage with CVW-17 as the first was the forerunner of CVW-6 and the second was disestablished eight years before CVW-17 was established.
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.
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:
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At this time, CAG-17 detached from the carrier, which subsequently took on the newly formed CVG-8, along with four night fighting Hellcats of VF(N)-76. During 15–20 March, Bunker Hill steamed for Majuro, Marshall Islands. At this point, CVG-8 reported 41 F6F-3s of VF-8, 32 SB2C-1Cs of VB-8, 22 TBF-1Cs of VT-8, and a flag F6F-3 on board, along ...