U.S. Navy carrier air groups

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U.S. Navy carrier air groups were the organized aviation units assigned to American aircraft carriers, combining fighter, bomber, and torpedo squadrons to project naval air power at sea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. Navy formation
naval aviation unit
abbreviation CAG
basedOn aircraft carrier
commandedBy air group commander
composedOf aircraft maintenance personnel
aviation ordnance personnel
bombing squadrons
fighter squadrons
flight deck crews
observation squadrons
scouting squadrons
torpedo squadrons
country United States of America
surface form: United States
doctrine combined fighter, bomber, and torpedo operations
task force carrier strike operations
garrison home naval air station
hasPart Carrier Air Group 101
Carrier Air Group 102
Carrier Air Group 11
Carrier Air Group 11
surface form: Carrier Air Group 11 (postwar)

Carrier Air Group 12
Carrier Air Group 13
Carrier Air Group 14
Carrier Air Group 15
Carrier Air Group 16
Carrier Air Group 17
Carrier Air Group 19
Carrier Air Group 19 (Korean War)
Carrier Air Group 2
Carrier Air Group 20
Carrier Air Group 3
Carrier Air Wing Five
surface form: Carrier Air Group 5

Carrier Air Group 7
Carrier Air Group 80
Carrier Air Group 81
Carrier Air Group 82
Carrier Air Group 83
Carrier Air Group 84
Carrier Air Group 85
Carrier Air Group 86
Carrier Air Group 87
Carrier Air Group 88
Carrier Air Group 89
Carrier Air Group 9
Carrier Air Group 90
Carrier Air Group 91
Carrier Air Group 92
Carrier Air Group 93
Carrier Air Group 95
Carrier Air Group 96
Carrier Air Group 97
Carrier Air Group 98
Carrier Air Group 99
introduced 1930s
operatedFrom escort carriers
fleet carriers
light carriers
partOf Naval Aviation
surface form: U.S. Navy carrier aviation

United States Navy
reorganizationPeriod 1960s
reorganizedAs carrier air wings
role antisubmarine warfare
close air support
fleet air defense
offensive strike operations
projection of naval air power at sea
reconnaissance
successor U.S. Navy carrier air groups self-linksurface differs
surface form: U.S. Navy carrier air wings
training carrier qualification
deck landing practice
typicalAircraft Douglas A-1 Skyraider
surface form: A-1 Skyraider

A-4 Skyhawk
McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
surface form: F-4 Phantom II

Grumman F4F Wildcat
surface form: F4F Wildcat

Vought F4U Corsair
surface form: F4U Corsair

Grumman F6F Hellcat
surface form: F6F Hellcat

Grumman F9F Panther
surface form: F9F Panther

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver
surface form: SB2C Helldiver

Douglas SBD Dauntless
surface form: SBD Dauntless

Grumman TBF Avenger
surface form: TBF Avenger
usedBy Atlantic Fleet
surface form: U.S. Atlantic Fleet

U.S. Pacific Fleet
United States Navy
usedInConflict Cold War naval operations
Korean War
Vietnam War
World War II

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Douglas TBD Devastator operator U.S. Navy carrier air groups
Grumman F6F Hellcat navalService U.S. Navy carrier air groups
this entity surface form: United States Navy carrier air groups
Ten-Go airOpposition U.S. Navy carrier air groups
Naval Air Station Oceana garrison U.S. Navy carrier air groups
this entity surface form: Carrier Air Wings
Boeing MQ-25 Stingray intendedOperationalUse U.S. Navy carrier air groups
this entity surface form: U.S. Navy carrier air wings
James Stockdale commanded U.S. Navy carrier air groups
this entity surface form: Carrier Air Wing 16
Naval Air Force Atlantic controls U.S. Navy carrier air groups
this entity surface form: Atlantic Fleet support aviation units
COMNAVAIRPAC controls U.S. Navy carrier air groups
this entity surface form: Pacific Fleet carrier air wings
Commander, Naval Air Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet oversees U.S. Navy carrier air groups
this entity surface form: Pacific Fleet carrier air wings
United States Navy aircraft carriers airWingType U.S. Navy carrier air groups
this entity surface form: Carrier Air Wing
E-2D Advanced Hawkeye partOf U.S. Navy carrier air groups
this entity surface form: U.S. Navy carrier air wing
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni garrison U.S. Navy carrier air groups
this entity surface form: Carrier Air Wing 5
Dauntless serviceBranch U.S. Navy carrier air groups
subject surface form: Douglas SBD Dauntless
U.S. Navy carrier air groups successor U.S. Navy carrier air groups self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: U.S. Navy carrier air wings
Naval Air Station Lemoore usedBy U.S. Navy carrier air groups
this entity surface form: Pacific Fleet carrier air wings