List of United States Navy aircraft wings

This is a list of United States Navy aircraft wings. The U.S. Navy first used the term "wing" to describe the level of command above its aircraft squadrons when it established five Patrol Wings in 1937. In 1938 it organized the squadrons flying from the five aircraft carriers in commission at the time into Carrier Air Groups. 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. The Navy's land based wings are organized either to perform a specific function (Functional Wings) or around a specific aircraft type (Type Wings). Patrol and Reconnaissance Wings, Test Wings and Training Wings are examples of functional wings, these wings may consist of a single type of aircraft or a variety of types needed to perform a wing's specific function. Type Wings consist of squadrons of a single type of aircraft, they are non-deploying "force providers" that provide combat ready squadrons or detachments to deploying Carrier Air Wings or to other Navy or joint forces. All Navy aircraft wings whether they are Carrier Air Wings or Land Based Type or Functional Wings are commanded by a Navy Captain, however; in the case of a Training Air Wing or Naval Test Wing a U.S. Marine Corps Colonel is sometimes assigned as commander as those wings conduct training or test and evaluation for both the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps. Commanders of Carrier Air Wings are informally addressed as "CAG" which is a hold over from the previous designation (prior to 20 Dec 1963) of Carrier Air Wings as Carrier Air Groups and commanders of functional or type wings are addressed as "Commodore" which is a traditional Naval title for an officer exercising command over multiple units commanded by Commanding Officers (individual ships or aircraft squadrons)

Current Navy Air Wings

The Navy currently operates nine Carrier Air Wings and twenty three land based Type Wings and Functional Wings.

Current Carrier Air Wings

Carrier Air Wings were first established on 1 July 1938 when the aircraft squadrons assigned to the aircraft carriers USS Lexington (CV 2), USS Saratoga (CV 3), USS Ranger (CV 4), USS Yorktown (CV 5) and USS Enterprise (CV 6) were established as "Carrier Air Groups" assigned to each of those ships. Two of those Carrier Air Groups still exist today as Carrier Air Wings ONE and THREE. On 20 December 1963 all Carrier Air Groups which were then in existence were redesignated Carrier Air Wings (CVW). Of the nine current Carrier Air Wings, two were established before WWII, four during WWII, two during the period of the Korean War and one durning period of the Vietnam War. The table below lists the nine currently active Carrier Air Wings.

Carrier Air Wings of the United States Navy. Carrier Air Wings (CVW) were titled Carrier Air Groups (CVG, CVAG, CVBG) prior to 20 Dec 1963
Wing		Tail Code	Insignia	Notes [1]
Carrier Air Wing ONE	CVW-1	1946 T 1957 AB		Established as Ranger Air Group on 1 July 1938 (squadrons operating from USS Ranger (CV-4) had been informally called "Ranger Air Group" beginning 17 Aug 1934 but the air group was not established as a unit until 1 July 1938), redesignated CVG-4 (1st use of the designation) on 3 Aug 1943, redesignated CVAG-1 on 15 Nov 1946, redesignated CVG-1 (2nd use of the designation) on 1 Sep 1948, redesignated CVW-1 on 20 Dec 1963.
Carrier Air Wing TWO	CVW-2	1946 M 1957 NE		Established as CVBG-74 on 1 May 1945, redesignated CVBG-1 on 15 Nov 1946, redesignated CVG-2 (2nd use of the designation) on 1 Sep 1948, redesignated CVW-2 on 20 Dec 1963.
Carrier Air Wing THREE	CVW-3	1946 K 1957 AC		Established as Saratoga Air Group on 1 July 1938 (squadrons operating from USS Saratoga (CV-3) had been informally called "Saratoga Air Group" beginning 6 Jan 1928 but the air group was not established as a unit until 1 July 1938), redesignated CVG-3 (1st use of the designation) on 25 Sep 1943, redesignated CVAG-3 on 15 Nov 1946, redesignated CVG-3 (2nd use of the designation) on 1 Sep 1948, redesignated CVW-3 on 20 Dec 1963.
Carrier Air Wing FIVE	CVW-5	1946 S 1957 NF		Established as CVG-5 (1st use of the designation) on 1 Jan 1943, redesignated CVAG-5 on 15 Nov 1946, redesignated CVG-5 (2nd use of the designation) on 1 Sep 1948, redesignated CVW-5 on 20 Dec 1963.
Carrier Air Wing SEVEN	CVW-7	1946 L 1957 AG		Established as CVG-18 on 2 Jul 1943, redesignated CVAG-7 on 15 Nov 1946, redesignated CVG-7 (2nd use of the designation) on 1 Sep 1948, redesignated CVW-7 on 20 Dec 1963.
Carrier Air Wing EIGHT	CVW-8	1951 E 1957 AJ		Established as CVG-8 (2nd use of the designation) on 9 Apr 1951, redesignated CVW-8 on 20 Dec 1963.
Carrier Air Wing NINE	CVW-9	1952 N 1957 NG		Established as CVG-9 (3rd use of the designation) on 26 Mar 1952, redesignated CVW-9 on 20 Dec 1963.
Carrier Air Wing ELEVEN	CVW-11	1946 V 1957 NH		Established as CVG-11 (1st use of the designation) on 10 Oct 1942, redesignated CVAG-11 on 15 Nov 1946, redesignated CVG-11 (2nd use of the designation) on 1 Sep 1948, redesignated CVW-11 on 20 Dec 1963.
Carrier Air Wing SEVENTEEN	CVW-17	1966 AA 2012 NA		Established as CVW-17 on 1 Nov 1966 (established as an Atlantic Fleet air wing (AA) and transferred to the Pacific Fleet (NA) in 2012)

Tail codes with a first letter "A" denote Atlantic Fleet airwings, while "N" denotes Pacific Fleet airwings.

Current land based wings

The Navy's land based aircraft wings either operate land based aircraft squadrons in various operational or support roles or they provide deployable combat ready squadrons or detachments to Carrier Air Wings or to other Navy or joint forces. The tables below list the ten current Type Wings and thirteen Functional Wings (including three of the U.S. Navy Reserve).

Type Wings are non-deploying "force provider" wings which supply combat ready squadrons or detachments to Carrier Air Wings or for land based or shipboard (non-aircraft carrier) deployments. Type Wing squadrons which deploy as part of a Carrier Air Wing (CVW) are based with their Type Wing when not deployed, not with their Carrier Air Wing. The exception are those squadrons assigned to the Carrier Air Wing which is forward deployed to Japan, those squadrons are based in Japan with their Carrier Air Wing, not with their Type Wings which are all based in the United States. Type Wings also operate their aircraft's Fleet Replacement Squadrons.
Wing		Insignia	Aircraft	Notes
Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet	STRKFIGHTWINGLANT (SFWL)		F/A-18E,F	Established as Light Attack Wing ONE 1 June 1970, redesignated Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic 1 Sep 1993: All Atlantic Fleet Strike Fighter Squadrons (VFA) flying the F/A-18E or F/A-18F Super Hornet. Based at NAS Oceana, VA. Provides combat ready squadrons to Carrier Air Wings. Operates one F/A-18E,F Fleet Replacement Squadron.
Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet	STRKFIGHTWINGPAC (SFWP)		F/A-18E,F	Established as Light Attack Wing Pacific 1 Jul 1973, redesignated Strike Fighter Wing Pacific 5 Apr 1991: All Pacific Fleet Strike Fighter Squadrons (VFA) flying the F/A-18E or F/A-18F Super Hornet. Based at NAS Lemoore, CA., with three squadrons forward deployed to MCAS Iwakuni. Provides combat ready squadrons to Carrier Air Wings. Operates one F/A-18E,F Fleet Replacement Squadron.
Joint Strike Fighter Wing	JSFWING (JSFW)		F-35C	Established as Joint Strike Fighter Wing 1 October 2018: All Strike Fighter Squadrons (VFA) flying the F-35C Lightning II. Based at NAS Lemoore, CA., with one squadron forward deployed to MCAS Iwakuni. Provides combat ready squadrons to Carrier Air Wings. Operates one F-35C Fleet Replacement Squadron.
Electronic Attack Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet	VAQWINGPAC (VWP)		EA-18G	Tail Code "NL" for the wing's land based "expeditionary" squadrons only. Established as Electronic Combat Wing Pacific on 1 Feb 1993, Redesignated Electronic Attack Wing Pacific 30 Mar 1998: All Electronic Attack Squadrons (VAQ). Based at NAS Whidbey Island, WA., with one squadron forward deployed to MCAS Iwakuni. Provides combat ready squadrons to Carrier Air Wings and land based "expeditionary" squadrons to support joint force overseas operations. Operates one EA-18G Fleet Replacement Squadron.
Airborne Command & Control and Logistics Wing	ACCLOGWING (ACCLW)		E-2C E-2D C-2A	Established as Airborne Early Warning Wing Pacific Fleet 1 Aug 1993, redesignated Airborne Command & Control and Logistics Wing 23 Sep 2005: All Airborne Command & Control Squadrons (VAW) and Fleet Logistics Support Squadrons (VRC). Headquartered at NAVBASE Ventura County Point Mugu, CA., squadrons are based at NAVBASE Ventura County Point Mugu, CA and NS Norfolk, VA., with one squadron forward deployed to MCAS Iwakuni. Provides combat ready E-2C and E-2D squadrons and C-2A detachments to Carrier Air Wings. Operates one E-2C,D and C-2A Fleet Replacement Squadron which is based at NS Norfolk.
Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Wing	VRMWING (VRMW)		CMV-22B	Established as Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Wing on 1 October 2019: All Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission (VRM) Squadrons. Headquartered at NAS North Island, CA, with one squadron based at NAS North Island and one squadron based at NS Norfolk, VA. Provides combat ready CMV-22B detachments to Carrier Air Wings. Operates one CMV-22B Fleet Replacement Squadron based at NAS North Island, CA.
Helicopter Sea Combat Wing, U. S. Atlantic Fleet	HELSEACOMBATWINGLANT (HSCWL)		MH-60S MH-53E MQ-8B	Established as Helicopter Tactical Wing ONE 1 Oct 1982, redesignated Helicopter Tactical Wing Atlantic 1 Sep 1993, redesignated Helicopter Sea Combat Wing Atlantic 1 Apr 2005: All Atlantic Fleet Helicopter Sea Combat Squadrons (HSC) and the Navy's single deployable Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM). Based at NS Norfolk, VA. Provides combat ready MH-60S squadrons to Carrier Air Wings, "expeditionary" squadron MH-60S and or MQ-8B detachments to surface force ships and a MH-53E squadron or detachments for worldwide mine countermeasures operations as required. Operates one MH-60S Fleet Replacement Squadron and one MH-53E Fleet Replacement Squadron.
Helicopter Sea Combat Wing, U. S. Pacific Fleet	HELSEACOMBATWINGPAC (HSCWP)		MH-60S MQ-8B	Established as Helicopter Tactical Wing Pacific 1 July 1993, redesignated Helicopter Sea Combat Wing Pacific 1 Apr 2005: All Pacific Fleet Helicopter Sea Combat Squadrons (HSC). Headquartered at NAS North Island, CA., squadrons based at NAS North Island and Anderson AFB, Guam with one squadron forward deployed to NAF Atsugi. Provides combat ready MH-60S squadrons to Carrier Air Wings and "expeditionary" squadron MH-60S and or MQ-8B detachments to surface force ships. Operates one MH-60S Fleet Replacement Squadron.
Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing, U. S. Atlantic Fleet	HELMARSTRIKEWINGLANT (HSMWL)		MH-60R MQ-8B	Established as Helicopter Sea Control Wing THREE in March 1985, redesignated Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) Wing ONE 1 Jul 1992, redesignated Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) Wing Atlantic 1 Sep 1993, redesignated Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing Atlantic 1 Jul 2006: All Atlantic Fleet Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadrons (HSM). Headquartered at NS Mayport, FL., squadrons are based at NS Mayport and NAS Jacksonville, FL. with one forward deployed squadron at Naval Station Rota, Spain. Provides combat ready MH-60R squadrons to Carrier Air Wings and "expeditionary" squadron MH-60R and or MQ-8B detachments to surface force ships. Operates one MH-60R Fleet Replacement Squadron.
Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing, U. S. Pacific Fleet	HELMARSTRIKEWINGPAC (HSMWP)		MH-60R MQ-8B	Established as Helicopter Antisubmarine (Light) Wing Pacific 5 May 1993, redesignated Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing Pacific 1 Nov 2004: All Pacific Fleet Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadrons (HSM). Headquartered at NAS North Island, CA., squadrons based at NAS North Island and MCAS Kaneohe Bay, HI., with two squadrons forward deployed to NAF Atsugi. Provides combat ready MH-60R squadrons to Carrier Air Wings and "expeditionary" squadron MH-60R and or MQ-8B detachments to surface force ships. Operates one MH-60R Fleet Replacement Squadron.

Functional Wings perform a specific function and may include squadrons of a single type of aircraft or of various types of aircraft to perform that function.
Function: Strategic Nuclear Weapon Command and Control
Wing		Insignia	Aircraft	Notes
Strategic Communications Wing ONE	STRATCOMWING ONE		E-6B	Established as Strategic Communications Wing ONE 1 May 1992. [2] Operates two Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadrons (VQ) as Commander United States Strategic Command task force 124. Squadrons fly the Boeing E-6B Mercury airborne command post and communications relay aircraft. Based at Tinker AFB, OK. Operates one E-6B Fleet Replacement Squadron.
Function: Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance.
Wing		Insignia	Aircraft	Notes
Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing TEN	PATRECONWING TEN		P-8A EP-3E	Established as Patrol Wing TEN (second use of the designation) 1 Jun 1981, redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing TEN 1 Jun 1999. [3] Operates all Pacific Fleet Patrol (VP) squadrons. Based at NAS Whidbey Island, WA.
Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ELEVEN	PATRECONWING ELEVEN		P-8A MQ-4C	Established as Patrol Wing ELEVEN (1st use of the designation) 15 Aug 1942, redesignated Fleet Air Wing ELEVEN 1 Nov 1942, redesignated Patrol Wing ELEVEN (2nd use of the designation) 30 Jun 1973, redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ELEVEN on 26 Mar 1999. [3] Operates all Atlantic Fleet Patrol (VP) and (VUP) squadrons. Based at NAS Jacksonville, FL.
Function: Developmental Test and Evaluation of aircraft, aircraft systems and weapons.
Wing		Insignia	Aircraft	Notes
Naval Test Wing Atlantic	NTWL		Various	The operational component of the Naval Air Systems Command's, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division. Composed of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Twenty (VX-20), Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Twenty One (HX-21), Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Twenty Three (VX-23), Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Twenty Four (UX-24) and U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS). Conducts developmental test and evaluation of Naval aircraft and operates the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. Based at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
Naval Test Wing Pacific	NTWP		Various	The operational component of the Naval Air Systems Command's, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division. Established 8 May 1995. Composed of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Three Zero (VX-30) and Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Three One (VX-31). Conducts developmental test and evaluation of Naval aircraft systems and airborne weapons. Headquartered at NAVBASE Ventura County Point Mugu, CA. with one squadron at NAVBASE Ventura County Point Mugu, CA., and one at NAWS China Lake, CA.
Function: Train Student Naval Aviators or Student Naval Flight Officers of the U. S. Navy, U. S. Marine Corps and U. S. Coast Guard (see Naval Air Training Command).
Wing		Insignia	Aircraft	Notes
Training Air Wing ONE	TRAWING ONE (TW-1)		T-45C	Tail Code "A" Established 1 Aug 1971 [4] to control training activities at NAS Meridian, MS. [5] Operates two Training Squadrons (VT) conducting Student Naval Aviator Advanced Jet training in the T-45C Goshawk.
Training Air Wing TWO	TRAWING TWO (TW-2)		T-45C	Tail Code "B" Established 1 Aug 1971 [4] to control training activities at NAS Kingsville, TX. [5] Operates two Training Squadrons (VT) conducting Student Naval Aviator Advanced Jet training in the T-45C Goshawk.
Training Air Wing FOUR	TRAWING FOUR (TAW-4)		T-6B T-44C T-54A	Tail Code "G" Established in Mar 1972 [6] to control training activities at NAS Corpus Christi, TX. [5] [7] Operates four Training Squadrons (VT), two conducting Student Naval Aviator Primary Flight training in the T-6B Texan II and two conducting Student Naval Aviator Advanced Multi-Engine training in the T-44C Pegasus (being replaced by the T-54A beginning in 2024).
Training Air Wing FIVE	TRAWING FIVE (TAW-5)		T-6B TH-57B TH-57C TH-73A	Tail Code "E" Established 9 Jan 1972 at NAS Whiting Field to control training activities at NAS Whiting Field, FL and NAS Ellyson Field, FL [7] (training operations ceased at Ellyson Field in Dec 1973). Operates three Training Squadrons (VT) conducting Student Naval Aviator Primary Flight training in the T-6B Texan II and three Helicopter Training Squadrons (HT) conducting Student Naval Aviator Advanced Helicopter training in the TH-57B and C Sea Ranger (being replaced by the TH-73A Thrasher beginning in 2022).
Training Air Wing SIX	TRAWING SIX (TAW-6)		T-6A T-45C	Tail Code "F" Established 1 Feb 1972 to control training activities at NAS Pensacola, FL. [7] Operates three Training Squadrons (VT) conducting all stages of Student Naval Flight Officer training in the T-6A Texan II, T-45C Goshawk and the Multi-Crew Simulator.
U.S Navy Reserve Wings. Function: Support Navy operations and training
Wing		Insignia	Aircraft	Notes
Tactical Support Wing	TSW	TSW new	F/A-18E,F F-5F,N F-16C EA-18G	Tail Code "AF". Established as CVWR-20 1 Apr 1970, redesignated Tactical Support Wing (TSW) 1 April 2007: Operates four aggressor squadrons (VFC) (one F/A-18E/F Super Hornet squadron, two F-5F/N squadrons and one F-16C squadron) providing air combat training to USN Strike Fighter (VFA) squadrons. Also provides one combat ready VAQ EA-18G squadron for tasking as required. Headquartered at NAS JRB Fort Worth, TX., squadrons are based at NAS Oceana, VA., NAS Fallon, NV., NAS Key West, FL., NAS JRB New Orleans, LA., and NAS Whidbey Island, WA.
Maritime Support Wing	MSW		P-8A MH-60R	Established as Maritime Support Wing 31 July 2015: [8] Provides two combat ready Patrol Squadrons (VP) flying the P-8A Poseidon and one Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) flying the MH-60R for tasking as required. When established the wing also included two Helicopter Sea Combat Squadrons (HSC) which were disestablished in 2016 and 2023. Headquartered at NAS North Island, CA., squadrons are based at NAS Jacksonville, FL., and NAS Whidbey Island, WA.
Fleet Logistics Support Wing	FLSW		C-40A C-130T C-37A C-37B	Established as Reserve Tactical Support Wing in 1974, redesignated Fleet Logistics Support Wing in 1983: Operates twelve Fleet Logistics Support squadrons (VR) and an executive transport detachment conducting worldwide logistics support and Navy Unique Fleet Essential Airlift (NUFEA) missions in support of U.S. Navy requirements (there are no active component logistics squadrons, this wing provides 100% of the U.S. Navy's air logistics capability). Headquartered at NAS JRB Fort Worth, TX., squadrons and detachments are based at JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI., JB Andrews, MD., JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ., NAS JB Fort Worth, TX., NAS JB New Orleans, LA., MCAS Kaneohe Bay, HI., NAVBASE Ventura County Point Mugu, CA., NAS Oceana, VA., NAS North Island, CA., NAS Jacksonville, FL., and NAS Whidbey Island, WA.

Type and Functional Wings are generally not assigned Tail Codes. The exceptions are the Training Air Wings, the Navy Reserve's Tactical Support Wing which retains the code "AF" from its former existence as Carrier Air Wing Reserve TWENTY and Electronic Attack Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet (VAQWINGPAC) which adopted the code "NL" from the disestablished CVW-15 for use by the wing's land based "expeditionary" squadrons only. Squadrons which are assigned to Carrier Air Wings are marked with the tail code of that Carrier Air Wing. Squadrons which do not deploy as part of a Carrier Air Wing are all assigned tail codes unique to each squadron (except for the aforementioned expeditionary VAQ squadrons, training squadrons and the reserve's Tactical Support Wing squadrons). See U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft Tail Codes.

Disestablished Navy Air Wings

The tables below list the Navy's Carrier Air Wings and land based wings which have been disestablished. Included in the tables of disestablished wings are no longer used former designations of disestablished and current wings.

Disestablished Carrier Air Groups/Carrier Air Wings 1938 to present

On 1 July 1938 the first five Carrier Air Groups were established. They were the Lexington Air Group, the Saratoga Air Group, the Ranger Air Group, the Yorktown Air Group and the Enterprise Air Group (aircraft had operated from the Navy's first aircraft carrier, USS Langley from January 1923 to June 1936 but in October of 1936 she was converted into a seaplane tender and by that time no longer operated as an aircraft carrier). Between 1 July 1938 and the end of World War II approximately 88 more airwings were established. To the present day there have been a total of 133 Carrier Air Groups (called Carrier Air Wings since 20 December 1963) established, only nine of which still exist as Carrier Air Wings. A tenth wing still exists as the U.S. Navy Reserve's Tactical Support Wing which is now a land based functional wing.

During the course of a single Carrier Air Group/Carrier Air Wing's existence it may have been identified by more than one designation. The inverse is also true in that a single designation (such as CVG-15) could have been used for multiple different Carrier Air Groups/Carrier Air Wings over time. For example there were three carrier air groups which were designated CVG-15 at some point in each of their existence and none of those three groups were related to each other. The first was a Second World War group which existed as CVG-15 from 1 September 1942 to 30 October 1945. The second was a Carrier Air Group which was established in 1945 as CVG-153, it was redesignated CVAG-15 on 15 November 1946, then again redesignated as CVG-15 on 1 September 1948 and disestablished on 1 December 1949. The third was established as CVG-15 on 5 April 1951, redesignated CVW-15 on 20 December 1963 and disestablished on 31 March 1995. The lineage of a Carrier Air Group/Carrier Air Wing does not follow the designation, it follows the Group/Wing regardless of the designation.

Of the 133 Carrier Air Groups/Carrier Air Wings which have ever existed, 100 have been identified by a single designation, 17 have been identified by two designations, seven by three designations, six by four designations and three by five designations.

The tables which follow are arranged by time periods using the designation scheme which was in use during that time period so a single group/wing will appear in multiple tables below. This section contains tables of disestablished Carrier Air Groups (Ship Named Groups, CVG, CVLG, CVEG, CVBG, CVAG, CVSG), Air Task Groups (ATG) and Carrier Air Wings (CVW).

Ship named Carrier Air Groups 1938 to 1943

Aircraft squadrons operating from the Navy's first Aircraft Carriers prior to WWII were assigned to that aircraft carrier and were organizationally grouped into that carrier's "air group". On 1 July 1938 the "Carrier Air Group" was formally established as a separate unit and the previously informally named air groups were titled "name of ship Air Group". ^[1] Air Groups were permanently assigned to a specific Aircraft Carrier and carried that Aircraft Carrier's name (Lexington Air Group, Saratoga Air Group etc...)

"Ship Named Air Group" names in use prior to Oct 1943 (informally used prior to 1 July 1938)
Group	Notes [1]
Langley Air Group	Squadrons operating from USS Langley (CV-1) from Jan 1923 to June 1936 informally called "Langley Air Group".
Lexington Air Group	Squadrons operating from USS Lexington (CV-2) beginning Aug 1927 informally called "Lexington Air Group". Lexington Air Group officially established 1 Jul 1938, disestablished after the 8 May 1942 loss of USS Lexington in the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Saratoga Air Group	Still active. See CVW-3 in the "Current Carrier Air Wings" section.
Ranger Air Group	Still active. See CVW-1 in the "Current Carrier Air Wings" section.
Yorktown Air Group	Squadrons operating from USS Yorktown (CV-5) from Jan 1938 informally called "Yorktown Air Group". Yorktown Air Group officially established 1 Jul 1938, disestablished after the 7 Jun 1942 loss of USS Yorktown in the Battle of Midway.
Enterprise Air Group	Established 1 July 1938 to fly from USS Enterprise (CV-6), disestablished 1 Sep 1942 after USS Enterprise was damaged during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons necessitating extensive repairs at Pearl Harbor naval shipyard.
Wasp Air Group	Established 1 Jul 1939 to fly from USS Wasp (CV-7), disestablished after the 15 Sep 1942 loss of USS Wasp during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
Hornet Air Group	Established 20 Oct 1941 to fly from USS Hornet (CV-8), disestablished after the 26 Oct 1942 loss of USS Hornet in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.

Carrier Air Groups 1 March 1942 to 15 November 1946

In 1942 in anticipation of the coming massive build up of aircraft carriers and carrier air groups a new Carrier Air Group designation scheme was created which divorced carrier air group names from specific aircraft carriers. Instead, air groups were given the designation "CVG" meaning "Carrier Air Group" followed by a number. All newly establishing carrier air groups were designated under this system. The first Carrier Air Group designated using this scheme was CVG-9 on 1 March 1942. In 1943 the two remaining ship named air groups, the Saratoga Air Group and Ranger Air Group were redesignated CVG-3 and CVG-4 respectively.

There were two variations of the CVG designation which added a modifying letter between the V and the G to identify those air groups which operated from the smaller Light Carriers (CVLG) and some of the even smaller escort carriers (CVEG). There were only 26 CVEGs established but the Navy operated over 100 Escort Carriers (CVE)s. Only the largest CVEs were paired with CVEGs while most CVEs were paired with a single Composite Squadron (VC), which consisted of both fighters and bombers, in place of a CVEG. In 1945 the Navy established night air groups which were specifically equipped and trained for combat at night. These night air groups were identified by appending a parenthetical N to the end of the designation "(N)". In the last months of the war two air groups were established to operate from the new large Midway class "Battle" carriers which were about to join the fleet, these air groups were identified with a "B" between the V and G (CVBG). The war ended before any of the Midway class carriers were commissioned.

The parenthetical (1st), (2nd), (3rd) appended to some Carrier Air Group designations below are not a part of the Group's designation. They are added to indicate that the designation was used more than once and to specify which use of the designation is indicated. There is not necessarily any lineage connection between Carrier Air Groups which shared the same designation.

Fleet Carrier Air Groups (CVG, CVBG) 1 Mar 1942 to 15 Nov 1946
Group	Notes [1]
CVG-1(1st)	Established 1 May 1943, disestablished 25 Oct 1945.
CVG-2(1st)	Established 1 Jun 1943, disestablished 9 Nov 1945.
CVG-3(1st)	Established as Saratoga Air Group on 1 July 1938, still active. 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.
CVG-7(1st)	Established 3 Jan 1944, disestablished 8 Jul 1946.
CVG-8(1st)	Established 1 Jun 1943, disestablished 23 Nov 1945.
CVG-9(1st)	Established 1 Mar 1942, disestablished 15 Oct 1945.
CVG-10(1st)	Established 16 April 1942, disestablished 16 Nov 1945. The history of this group is covered in works by Samuel Elliott Morison, Lundstrom, Hammel, and books on the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands or the Battle of Philippine Sea. VF-10 "Grim Reapers," VB-10, and Torpedo Squadron 10 (VT-10) flew with the group throughout its existence.
CVG-11(1st)	Established on 10 Oct 1942, still active. See CVW-11 in the "Current Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVG-12(1st)	Established 9 Jan 1943, disestablished 17 Sep 1945.
CVG-13(1st)	Established 2 Nov 1943, disestablished 20 Oct 1945.
CVG-14(1st)	Established 1 Sep 1943, disestablished 14 Jun 1945.
CVG-15(1st)	Established 1 Sep 1942, disestablished 30 Oct 1945.
CVG-16(1st)	Established 16 Nov 1942, disestablished 6 Nov 1945.
CVG-17(1st)/CVBG-17	Established on 1 Jan 1943, disestablished 1 April 1993. See CVW-6 in the "Disestablished Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVG-18	Established on 2 Jul 1943, still active. See CVW-7 in the "Current Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVG-19(1st)	Established on 1 Aug 1943, disestablished 30 June 1977. See CVW-19 in the "Disestablished Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVG-20	Established 15 Oct 1943, redesignated CVAG-9 on 15 Nov 1946, redesignated CVG-9(2nd) on 1 Sep 1948, disestablished 1 Dec 1949.
CVBG-74	Established on 1 May 1945, still active. See CVW-2 in the "Current Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVBG-75	Established 1 Jun 1945, redesignated CVBG-3 on 15 Nov 1946, redesignated CVG-4(2nd) on 1 Sep 1948, disestablished 8 Jun 1950.
CVG-80	Established 1 Feb 1944, disestablished 16 Sep 1946.
CVG-81	Established 1 Mar 1944, redesignated CVAG-13 on 15 Nov 1946, redesignated CVG-13(2nd) on 1 Sep 1948, disestablished 30 Nov 1949.
CVG-82	Established 1 Apr 1944, redesignated CVAG-17 on 15 Nov 1946, redesignated CVG-17(2nd) on 1 Sep 1948, disestablished 15 Sep 1958.
CVG-83	Established 1 May 1944, disestablished 24 Sep 1945. [9]
CVG-84	Established 1 May 1944, disestablished 8 Oct 1945.
CVG-85	Established 15 May 1944, disestablished 27 Sep 1945.
CVG-86	Established 15 Jun 1944, disestablished 21 Nov 1945.
CVG-87	Established 1 Jul 1944, disestablished 2 Nov 1945.
CVG-88	Established 18 Aug 1944, disestablished 29 Oct 1945.
CVG-89	Established 2 Oct 1944, disestablished 27 Apr 1946.
CVG-92	Established 2 Dec 1944, disestablished 18 Dec 1946.
CVG-93	Established 21 Dec 1944, disestablished 30 Apr 1946.
CVG-94	Established 15 Nov 1944, disestablished 7 Nov 1945.
CVG-95	Established 2 Jan 1945, disestablished 31 Oct 1945.
CVG-97	Established 1 Nov 1944, disestablished 31 Mar 1946.
CVG-98	Established 28 Aug 1944, redesignated CVAG-21 on 15 Nov 1946, disestablished 5 Aug 1947.
CVG-99	Established 15 Jul 1944, disestablished 8 Sep 1945.
CVG-100	Established 1 Apr 1944, disestablished 20 Feb 1946.
CVG-150	Established 22 Jan 1945, disestablished 2 Nov 1946.
CVG-151	Established 12 Feb 1945, disestablished 6 Oct 1945.
CVG-152	Established 5 Mar 1945, disestablished 21 Sep 1945.
CVG-153	Established 26 Mar 1945, redesignated CVAG-15 on 15 Nov 1946, redesignated CVG-15(2nd) on 1 Sep 1948, disestablished 1 Dec 1949.
Light Carrier Air Groups (CVLG) and Escort Carrier Air Groups CVEG) 1 Mar 1942 to 15 Nov 1946
CVLG-21	Established 15 May 1943, disestablished 5 Nov 1945.
CVLG-22	Established 30 Sep 1943, disestablished 15 Sep 1945.
CVLG-23	Established 16 Nov 1942, disestablished 19 Sep 1945.
CVLG-24	Established 31 Dec 1942, disestablished 25 Sep 1945.
CVLG-25/CVEG-25	Established 15 Feb 1943, redesignated CVEG-25 28 Aug 1944, disestablished 20 Sep 1945.
CVEG-26	Established 4 May 1942, disestablished 13 Nov 1945.
CVLG-27	Established 1 Mar 1942, disestablished 26 Oct 1945.
CVLG-28	Established 6 May 1942, disestablished 6 Nov 1945.
CVLG-29	Established 18 Jul 1942, disestablished 10 Sep 1945.
CVLG-30	Established 1 Apr 1943, disestablished 12 Sep 1945.
CVLG-31	Established 1 May 1943, disestablished 28 Oct 1945.
CVLG-32	Established 1 Jun 1943, disestablished 13 Nov 1945.
CVEG-33	Established 15 May 1944, disestablished 19 Nov 1945.
CVLG-34	Established 1 Apr 1945, disestablished 5 Dec 1945.
CVEG-35	Established 15 Jul 1943, disestablished 19 Nov 1945.
CVEG-36	Established 15 May 1944, disestablished 28 Jan 1946.
CVEG-37	Established 15 Jul 1943, disestablished 20 Dec 1945.
CVLG-38/CVEG-38	Established 16 Jun 1943, redesignated CVEG-38 on 15 Aug 1944, disestablished 31 Jan 1946.
CVEG-39/CVLG-39	Established 15 Mar 1945, redesignated CVLG-39 on 2 Jul 1945, disestablished 10 Sep 1945.
CVEG-40	Established 15 Jun 1943, disestablished 19 Nov 1945.
CVEG-41	Established 26 Mar 1945, redesignated CVEG-1 on 15 Nov 1946, disestablished 1 Sep 1948.
CVEG-42	Established 15 Jul 1945, redesignated CVEG-2 on 15 Nov 1946, disestablished 1 Sep 1948.
CVLG-43	Established 1 Aug 1943, disestablished 8 Nov 1943.
CVEG-43	Established 9 Aug 1945, disestablished 17 Jun 1946.
CVLG-44	Established 1 Feb 1944, disestablished 18 Sep 1945.
CVLG-45	Established 1 Apr 1944, disestablished 10 Sep 1945.
CVLG-46	Established 15 Apr 1944, disestablished 14 Sep 1945.
CVLG-47	Established 15 Apr 1944, disestablished 21 Sep 1945.
CVLG-48	Established 1 Jun 1944, disestablished 2 Jan 1945.
CVEG-49/CVLG-49	Established 10 Aug 1944, redesignated CVLG-49 on 1 Jan 1945, disestablished 27 Nov 1945.
CVLG-50/CVEG-50	Established 10 Aug 1944, redesignated CVEG-50 on 1 Oct 1944, disestablished 29 Oct 1945.
CVLG-51	Established 22 Sep 1943, disestablished 13 Nov 1945.
CVLG-52	Established 1 Sep 1943, disestablished 8 Nov 1943.
CVLG-58	Established as CVLG-58 on 19 Mar 1946, redesignated CVLG-1 on 15 Nov 1946, disestablished 1 Sep 1948.
CVEG-60	Established 15 Jul 1943, disestablished 15 Nov 1945.
CVEG-66	Established 1 Jan 1945, disestablished 6 Jun 1945.
Night Carrier Air Groups (CVG(N)), (CVLG(N)) and (CVEG(N)) 2 Aug 1944 to 21 Jun 1946
CVLG(N)-41	Established 28 Aug 1944, disestablished 25 Feb 1945.
CVLG(N)-42	Established 28 Aug 1944, disestablished 2 Jan 1945.
CVLG(N)-43	Established 2 Aug 1944, disestablished 2 Jan 1945.
CVLG(N)-52/CVG(N)-52	Established 20 Oct 1944, redesignated CVG(N)-52 on 6 Jan 1945, disestablished 15 Dec 1945.
CVG(N)-53	Established 2 Jan 1945, disestablished 11 Jun 1945.
CVG(N)-55	Established 1 Mar 1945, disestablished 11 Dec 1945.
CVEG(N)-63	Established 20 Jun 1945, disestablished 11 Dec 1945.
CVG(N)-90	Established 25 Aug 1944, disestablished 21 Jun 1946.
CVG(N)-91	Established 5 Oct 1944, disestablished 21 Jun 1946.

Carrier Air Groups (CVAG, CVBG, CVLG, CVEG) 15 Nov 1946 to 1 Sep 1948

The seventeen Carrier Air Groups still in existence on 15 November 1946 and one more which was established after that date were redesignated or newly designated in accordance with a new Carrier Air Group Designation scheme which added an "A" for Air Groups assigned to Fleet Carriers (Essex class), and retained the "B" for those assigned to large Fleet Carriers (Midway class), the "L" for those sized to embark aboard Light Carriers (Independence or Saipan classes) and the "E" for those sized for the remaining WWII Escort Carriers. ^[1]

Fleet Carrier Carrier Air Groups (CVAG) 15 Nov 1946 to 1 Sep 1948
Group	Tail Code	Notes [1]
CVAG-1	T	Still active. See CVW-1 in the "Current Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVAG-3	K	Still active. See CVW-3 in the "Current Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVAG-5	S	Still active. See CVW-5 in the "Current Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVAG-7	L	Still active. See CVW-7 in the "Current Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVAG-9	PS	Disestablished 1 Dec 1949. See CVG-20 in the "1 Mar 1942 to 15 Nov 1946" section.
CVAG-11	V	Still active. See CVW-11 in the "Current Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVAG-13	P	Disestablished 30 Nov 1949. See CVG-81 in the "1 Mar 1942 to 15 Nov 1946" section.
CVAG-15	A	Disestablished 1 Dec 1949. See CVG-153 in the "1 Mar 1942 to 15 Nov 1946" section.
CVAG-17	R	Disestablished 15 Sep 1958. See CVG-82 in the "1 Mar 1942 to 15 Nov 1946" section.
CVAG-19	B	Disestablished 30 June 1977. See CVW-19 in the "Disestablished Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVAG-21	RI	Disestablished 5 Aug 1947. See CVG-98 in the "1 Mar 1942 to 15 Nov 1946" section.
Large Fleet Carrier Carrier Air Groups (CVBG) 15 Nov 1946 to 1 Sep 1948
CVBG-1	M	Still active. See CVW-2 in the "Current Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVBG-3	F	Disestablished 8 Jun 1950. See CVBG-75 in the "1 Mar 1942 to 15 Nov 1946" section.
CVBG-5	C	Disestablished 1 April 1993. See CVW-6 in the "Disestablished Carrier Air Wings" section.
Light Carrier Carrier Air Groups (CVLG) and Escort Carrier Carrier Air Groups (CVEG) 15 Nov 1946 to 15 Sep 1948
CVLG-1	SA	Disestablished 1 Sep 1948. See CVLG-58 in the "1 Mar 1942 to 15 Nov 1946" section.
CVEG-1	BS	Disestablished 1 Sep 1948. See CVEG-41 in the "1 Mar 1942 to 15 Nov 1946" section.
CVEG-2	SL	Disestablished 1 Sep 1948. See CVEG-42 in the "1 Mar 1942 to 15 Nov 1946" section.
CVEG-3		Established 21 Apr 1947, disestablished 15 Sep 1948.

Carrier Air Groups (CVG) 1 Sep 1948 to 20 Dec 1963

The thirteen Carrier Air Groups still in existence on 1 Sep 1948 and eleven which were established between 1 Sep 1948 and 20 Dec 1963 were redesignated again or initially designated in accordance with a new Carrier Air Group designation scheme which redesignated all groups designated CVAG or CVBG back to just "CVG" and disestablished all CVLG and CVEG groups. ^[1] The seventeen CVGs which were still in existence on 20 December 1963 were on that date redesignated "Carrier Air Wings" (CVW).

Note: the parenthetical (1st), (2nd), (3rd) appended to some Carrier Air Group designations below are not a part of the Group's designation. They are added to indicate that the designation was used more than one time during the history of U.S. Naval Aviation and to specify which use of the designation is indicated. There is not necessarily any connection between Carrier Air Groups which shared the same designation.

Carrier Air Groups (CVG) 1 Sep 1948 to 20 Dec 1963
On 1 Sep 1948 the thirteen existing Carrier Air Groups below were redesignated using this new designation scheme
Group	Tail Code	Insignia	Notes [1]
CVG-1(2nd)	1946 T 1957 AB		Still active. See CVW-1 in the "Current Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVG-2(2nd)	1946 M 1957 NE		Still active. See CVW-2 in the "Current Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVG-3(2nd)	1946 K 1957 AC		Still active. See CVW-3 in the "Current Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVG-4(2nd)	1946 F		Disestablished 8 Jun 1950. See CVBG-75 in the "1 Mar 1942 to 15 Nov 1946" section.
CVG-5(2nd)	1946 S 1957 NF		Still active. See CVW-5 in the "Current Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVG-6(2nd)	1946 C 1957 AF 1963 AE		Disestablished 1 April 1993. See CVW-6 in the "Disestablished Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVG-7(2nd)	1946 L 1957 AG		Still active. See CVW-7 in the "Current Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVG-9(2nd)	1946 PS 1948 D		Disestablished 1 Dec 1949. See CVG-20 in the "1 Mar 1942 to 15 Nov 1946" section.
CVG-11(2nd)	1946 V 1957 NH		Still active. See CVW-11 in the "Current Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVG-13(2nd)	1946 P		Disestablished 30 Nov 1949. See CVG-81 in the "1 Mar 1942 to 15 Nov 1946" section.
CVG-15(2nd)	1946 A		Disestablished 1 Dec 1949. See CVG-153 in the "1 Mar 1942 to 15 Nov 1946" section.
CVG-17(2nd)	1946 R 1957 AL		Disestablished 15 Sep 1958. See CVG-82 in the "1 Mar 1942 to 15 Nov 1946" section.
CVG-19(2nd)	1946 B 1957 NM		Disestablished 30 June 1977. See CVW-19 in the "Disestablished Carrier Air Wings" section.
The eleven Carrier Air Groups below were established after 1 Sep 1948 and before 20 Dec 1963 using this new designation scheme
Group	Tail Code	Insignia	Notes [1]
CVG-4(3rd)/RCVG-4	1950 F 1957 AD		Established as CVG-4 (3rd use of the designation) on 1 Sep 1950, disestablished 1 Jun 1970. See RCVW-4 in the "Disestablished Carrier Air Wings" section. On 1 Apr 1958 CVG-4 was redesignated "Readiness Carrier Air Group FOUR (RCVG-4)" becoming a training group consisting of replacement training squadrons which trained replacement aircrew and maintenance personnel for the squadrons of the deploying Atlantic Fleet Carrier Air Groups.
CVG-8(2nd)	1951 E 1957 AJ		Established as CVG-8 (2nd use of the designation) on 9 Apr 1951. Still active, see CVW-8 in the "Current Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVG-9(3rd)	1952 N 1957 NG		Established as CVG-9 (3rd use of the designation) on 26 Mar 1952. Still active, see CVW-9 in the "Current Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVG-10(2nd)	1952 P 1957 AK		Established as CVG-10 (2nd use of the designation) on 1 May 1952, disestablished 20 November 1969. See CVW-10(1st) in the "Disestablished Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVG-13(3rd)	AE		Established 21 Aug 1961, disestablished 1 Oct 1962.
CVG-15(3rd)	1951 H 1957 NL		Established as CVG-15 (3rd use of the designation) on 5 Apr 1951, disestablished 31 March 1995. See CVW-15 in the "Disestablished Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVG-16(2nd)	AH		Established as CVG-16 (2nd use of the designation) on 1 Sep 1960, disestablished 30 June 1970. See CVW-16 in the "Disestablished Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVG-21(1st)			Established 15 Sep 1948, disestablished 15 Mar 1949.
CVG-21(2nd)	1955 G 1957 NP		Established as CVG-21 (2nd use of the designation) on 1 Jul 1955, disestablished 12 December 1975. See CVW-21 in the "Disestablished Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVG-101/CVG-14(2nd)	1950 A 1957 NK		Established as CVG-101 (established to receive USNR squadrons activated for the Korean War) on 1 Aug 1950, redesignated CVG-14 (2nd use of the designation) on 4 Feb 1952, deactivated in 2017. See CVW-14 in the "Disestablished Carrier Air Wings" section.
CVG-102/CVG-12(2nd)/RCVG-12	1950 D 1957 NJ		Established as CVG-102 (established to receive USNR squadrons activated for the Korean War) on 1 Aug 1950, redesignated CVG-12 (2nd use of the designation) on 4 Feb 1952, disestablished 30 Jun 1970. See RCVW-12 in the "Disestablished Carrier Air Wings" section. On 1 Apr 1958 CVG-12 was redesignated "Readiness Carrier Air Group TWELVE (RCVG-12)" becoming a training group consisting of replacement training squadrons which trained replacement aircrew and maintenance personnel for the squadrons of the deploying Pacific Fleet Carrier Air Groups.

Two letter tail codes with a first letter "A" denote Atlantic Fleet airwings, while "N" denotes Pacific Fleet airwings.

Air Task Groups (ATG) 1 Aug 1950 to 19 Jan 1959

Two "Air Task Groups" (ATG) were formed in 1951 to address a shortage of Carrier Air Groups (CVG)s due to involvement in the Korean War. The number of CVGs was statutorily limited but the Navy needed more of them. The solution was to form two "temporary" task groups by reassigning some squadrons from existing CVGs and using them to form an ATG. This reduced the number of squadrons in those CVGs from the then typical six total VF/VA squadrons to five total VF/VA squadrons but gave the Navy two more "CVGs". They were CVG equivalents in every respect but in name but as "temporary" units they were neither formerly "established" or "disestablished" instead they were "formed" and "disbanded." Though the ATG was created in response to the Korean War, the two formed during that war continued to operate until many years after the war not being disbanded until 1958 and 1959 and in 1955 six more were formed, three of which operated until 1958 and three until 1959. ^[10]

Disbanded Air Task Groups (ATG). The ATG designation was in use from 1950 to 1959.
Group		Tail Code	Insignia	Notes [1]
Air Task Group ONE	ATG-1	1956 U 1957 NA	ATG-1-Insignia	Formed Oct 1951, disbanded 23 Feb 1959.
Carrier Air Group 19X Air Task Group TWO	CVG-19X ATG-2	1956 W 1957 NB		Split out of CVG-19 and named "CVG-19X" (with CVG-19's Tail Code "B") on 1 Aug 1950, renamed ATG-2 in Oct 1951, disbanded 1 Apr 1958.
Air Task Group THREE	ATG-3	1956 Y 1957 NC		Formed 5 Mar 1955, disbanded 11 Apr 1958.
Air Task Group FOUR	ATG-4	1956 Z 1957 ND		Formed 30 Mar 1955, disbanded 19 Jan 1959.
Air Task Group ONE EIGHTY ONE	ATG-181	1956 I 1957 AM		Formed 5 Mar 1955, disbanded 15 Aug 1958.
Air Task Group ONE EIGHTY TWO	ATG-182	1956 O 1957 AN		Formed 1 Jul 1955, disbanded Jan 1959.
Air Task Group TWO ZERO ONE	ATG-201	1956 J 1957 AP		Formed Jun 1955, disbanded Nov 1958.
Air Task Group TWO ZERO TWO	ATG-202	1956 X 1957 AQ		Formed 1 Jul 1955, disbanded Jan 1959.

Tail codes with a first letter "A" denote Atlantic Fleet Air Task Groups, while "N" denotes Pacific Fleet Air Task Groups.

Antisubmarine Carrier Air Groups (CVSG) 1 Apr 1960 to 30 Jul 1975

In the 1960s some WWII Essex class aircraft carriers were designated as "Anti-Submarine Carriers" (CVS) and were paired with newly established "Anti-Submarine Carrier Air Groups" (CVSG). CVSGs consisted of Helicopter Antisubmarine (HS) squadrons of SH-3 Sea Kings and Air Antisubmarine (VS) squadrons of S-2 Trackers along with a detachment of airborne early warning E-1 Tracers from Airborne Early Warning (VAW) squadrons and a detachment A-4 Skyhawks for self defense. There were two active and two reserve Anti-Submarine Fighter (VSF) squadrons established for this role but most of the A-4 dets were sourced from Navy or USMC attack (VA/VMA) squadrons. The CVSGs were not included in the redesignation of Carrier Air Groups (CVG)s to Carrier Air Wings (CVW)s in 1963 and therefore they were the last "Carrier Air Groups" to exist in the U.S. Navy.

Disestablished Antisubmarine Carrier Air Groups (CVSG). The CVSG designation was in use from 1960 to 1976
Group		Tail Code	Insignia	Notes [1]
Readiness Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group FIFTY	RCVSG-50	AR		Established on 30 Jun 1960 as a training group consisting of replacement training squadrons providing replacement aircrew and maintenance personnel to Atlantic Fleet CVSG squadrons. Disestablished 17 Feb 1971; tail code remained in use by Atlantic Fleet fixed and rotary wing carrier based ASW aircraft Fleet Replacement Squadrons until 1997
Readiness Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group FIFTY ONE	RCVSG-51	RA		Established 30 Jun 1960 as a training group consisting of replacement training squadrons providing replacement aircrew and maintenance personnel to Pacific Fleet CVSG squadrons. Disestablished 30 Jun 1970; tail code remained in use by Pacific Fleet fixed and rotary wing carrier based ASW aircraft Fleet Replacement Squadrons until 2012
Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group FIFTY TWO	CVSG-52	AS		Established 1 Jun 1960, disestablished 15 Dec 1969
Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group FIFTY THREE	CVSG-53	NS		Established 1 Apr 1960, disestablished 30 Jun 1973 [11]
Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group FIFTY FOUR	CVSG-54	AT		Established 18 May 1960, disestablished 1 Jul 1972
Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group FIFTY FIVE	CVSG-55	NU		Established 1 Sep 1960, disestablished 27 Sep 1968
Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group FIFTY SIX	CVSG-56	AU		Established 25 May 1960, disestablished 30 Jun 1973 [11]
Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group FIFTY SEVEN	CVSG-57	NV		Established 3 Jan 1961, disestablished 30 Sep 1969
Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group FIFTY EIGHT	CVSG-58	AV		Established 6 Jun 1960, disestablished 31 May 1966
Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group FIFTY NINE	CVSG-59	NT		Established 1 Apr 1960, disestablished 30 Jun 1973 [11]
Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group SIXTY	CVSG-60	AW		Established 2 May 1960, disestablished 1 Oct 1968
Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group SIXTY TWO	CVSG-62	AX		Established 1 Sep 1961, disestablished 1 Oct 1962
Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group Reserve SEVENTY	CVSGR-70	AW		U. S. Navy Reserve Wing Established 1 May 1970, [12] disestablished 30 Jun 1976
Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group Reserve EIGHTY	CVSGR-80	NW		U. S. Navy Reserve Wing Established 1 May 1970, [12] disestablished 30 Jul 1976. Tail Code "NW" was adopted by Helicopter Wing Reserve (See disestablished land based wings - Naval Air Reserve Wings "1970 to 1993" section) and is still in use today by the single remaining USNR helicopter squadron.

Tail codes with a first letter "A" denoted Atlantic Fleet air groups, while "N" denoted Pacific Fleet air groups (except for RCVSG 51 "RA" which was also a Pacific Fleet air group).

Carrier Air Wings (CVW) December 1963 to present

On 20 December 1963 the seventeen Carrier Air Groups (CVG) then in existence (but not the Anti-Submarine Carrier Air Groups (CVSG)) were redesignated to Carrier Air Wings (CVWs).

Disestablished Carrier Air Wings (CVW).
On 20 Dec 1963 eight of the nine current airwings (the current air wing CVW-17 was not established until 1966) plus the nine listed below were redesignated "Carrier Air Wings"
Wing		Tail Code	Insignia	Notes [1]
Readiness Carrier Air Wing FOUR	RCVW-4	1950 F 1957 AD		Established as CVG-4 (3rd use of the designation) on 1 Sep 1950, redesignated RCVG-4 on 1 Apr 1958, redesignated RCVW-4 on 20 Dec 1963. As a Readiness Carrier Air Wing RCVW-4 was not a deploying air wing, it was a training wing consisting of replacement training squadrons which trained replacement aircrew and maintenance personnel for the squadrons of Atlantic Fleet Carrier Air Wings. Disestablished 1 Jun 1970 with its squadrons ultimately realigning under the respective type wings which were being established between 1970 and 1973; tail code still used by Atlantic Fleet fixed wing CVW aircraft Fleet Replacement Squadrons
Carrier Air Wing SIX	CVW-6	1946 C 1957 AF 1963 AE		Established as CVG-17 (1st use of the designation) on 1 Jan 1943, redesignated CVBG-17 on 23 Jan 1946, redesignated CVBG-5 on 15 Nov 1946, redesignated CVG-6 (2nd use of the designation) on 1 Sep 1948, redesignated CVW-6 on 20 Dec 1963. Disestablished 1 April 1993
Carrier Air Wing TEN (1st use)	CVW-10	1952 P 1957 AK		Established as CVG-10 (2nd use of the designation) on 1 May 1952, redesignated CVW-10 (1st use of the designation) on 20 Dec 1963. Disestablished 20 November 1969
Readiness Carrier Air Wing TWELVE	RCVW-12	1950 D 1957 NJ		Established as CVG-102 (established to receive USNR squadrons activated for the Korean War) on 1 Aug 1950, redesignated CVG-12 (2nd use of the designation) on 4 Feb 1952, redesignated RCVG-12 on 1 Apr 1958, redesignated RCVW-12 on 20 Dec 1963. As a Readiness Carrier Air Wing RCVW-12 was not a deploying air wing, it was a training wing consisting of replacement training squadrons which trained replacement aircrew and maintenance personnel for the squadrons of Pacific Fleet Carrier Air Wings. Disestablished 30 Jun 1970 with its squadrons ultimately realigning under the respective functional wings which were established in 1973; tail code still used by Pacific Fleet fixed wing CVW aircraft Fleet Replacement Squadrons
Carrier Air Wing FOURTEEN	CVW-14	1950 K 1957 NK		Established as CVG-101 (established to receive USNR squadrons activated for the Korean War) on 1 Aug 1950, redesignated CVG-14 (2nd use of the designation) on 4 Feb 1952, redesignated CVW-14 on 20 Dec 1963. Deactivated 31 March 2017. Had been under-strength in squadrons, had not deployed since 2011 and had been in reduced manning since 1 October 2013. Deactivation was originally begun in 2012 but was reversed due to congressional action. Deactivation reinitiated and completed in 2017. [13]
Carrier Air Wing FIFTEEN	CVW-15	1951 H 1957 NL		Established as CVG-15 (3rd use of the designation) on 5 Apr 1951, redesignated CVW-15 on 20 Dec 1963. Disestablished 31 March 1995. Tail code NL is now used by land based "expeditionary" VAQ squadrons of Electronic Attack Wing Pacific
Carrier Air Wing SIXTEEN	CVW-16	AH		Established as CVG-16 (2nd use of the designation) on 1 Sep 1960, redesignated CVW-16 on 20 Dec 1963. Disestablished 30 June 1970
Carrier Air Wing NINETEEN	CVW-19	1946 B 1957 NM		Established as CVG-19 (1st use of the designation) on 1 Aug 1943, redesignated CVAG-19 on 15 Nov 1946, redesignated CVG-19 (2nd use of the designation) on 1 Sep 1948, redesignated CVW-19 on 20 Dec 1963. Disestablished 30 June 1977
Carrier Air Wing TWENTY ONE	CVW-21	1955 G 1957 NP		Established as CVG-21 (2nd use of the designation) on 1 Jul 1955, redesignated CVW-21 on 20 Dec 1963. Disestablished 12 December 1975 [9]
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		Established as CVW-10 (2nd use of the designation) on 7 Nov 1986. Disestablished 1 Jun 1988; planned for assignment to USS Independence (CV-62) but never deployed.
Carrier Air Wing THIRTEEN	CVW-13	AK		Established as CVW-13 on 1 Mar 1984. Disestablished 1 January 1991 [9]
Carrier Air Wing Reserve TWENTY	CVWR-20	AF		U. S. Navy Reserve Wing Established as CVWR-20 on 1 April 1970, redesignated Tactical Support Wing (TSW), 1 April 2007 (See "Current land based wings" section)
Carrier Air Wing Reserve THIRTY	CVWR-30	ND		U. S. Navy Reserve Wing Established as CVWR-30 on 1 Apr 1970. Disestablished 31 Dec 1994

Tail codes with a first letter "A" denote Atlantic Fleet airwings, while "N" denotes Pacific Fleet airwings.

Disestablished land based wings

The U.S. Navy has operated land based wings since 1 October 1937 when it established five "Patrol Wings". Land based wings have been established, disestablished or re-designated as the Navy has operated different aircraft through the years since then. The tables below list the Navy's land based wings which have been disestablished, they also include previously used or no longer used designations of disestablished or currently active wings. For example Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing FIVE was established in October 1937 as Patrol Wing 5, it was re-designated Fleet Air Wing 5 in November 1942, re-designated back to Patrol Wing FIVE in 1973 and finally redesignated to its last designation of Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing FIVE in 1999. It was disestablished in 2009. Patrol Wing 5, Fleet Air Wing 5 and Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing FIVE are not three disestablished wings, they are three designations used during the existence of a single wing which was established in October of 1937 and disestablished in 2009. Similarly the currently active Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing Atlantic Fleet (HSMWINGLANT) was previously designated Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) Wing Atlantic Fleet (HSLWINGLANT), before that it was designated Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) Wing ONE (HSLWING ONE) and before that it was designated Helicopter Sea Control Wing THREE (HELSEACONWING THREE). HELSEACONWING THREE, HSLWING ONE and HSLWINGLANT are not three separate disestablished wings as the wing still exists as HSMWINGLANT; they are former designations of the currently active wing which are no longer used.

Disestablished Fleet Airship Wings 1942 to 1961 ^[14]

Fleet Airship Wings (FASW) were established to operate the airship force that the Navy created in WWII. The Navy operated airships prior to the war but individual airships were assigned to airship stations; the airship force was not organized into squadrons, groups and wings until WWII. Note: the parenthetical (1st) and (2nd) appended to the two FASW 1 entries are not a part of either wing's designation. They are added to indicate that the FASW 1 designation was used to designate two separate unrelated wings, the first was the WWII wing and the second was created after the war to operate the Navy's postwar lighter-than-air fleet.

WWII Atlantic Fleet Airship Groups and Wings

World War II Atlantic Fleet Airship Groups and Wings: 1942 to 1946
Airship Patrol Group: 2 Jan 1942 to 1 Nov 1942
On 2 January 1942 the Atlantic Fleet established Airship Patrol Group 1 at NAS Lakehurst, NJ. to serve as the administrative command for airship squadrons operating along the east coast of the United States.
Wing	Insignia	Notes
Airship Patrol Group 1		Established 2 Jan 1942 at NAS Lakehurst, NJ. Redesignated Fleet Airship Group 1 on 1 Nov 1942. Redesignated Fleet Airship Wing 1 on 15 July 1943 and disestablished 16 Jan 1946.
Fleet Airship Groups: 1 Nov 1942 to 15 Jul 1943
On 1 November 1942 Airship Patrol Group 1 was redesignated Fleet Airship Group 1. Four months later on 1 March 1943 a second group was established as Fleet Airship Group 2.
Wing	Insignia	Notes
Fleet Airship Group 1		Established as Airship Patrol Group 1 at NAS Lakehurst 2 Jan 1942. Redesignated Fleet Airship Group 1 on 1 Nov 1942. Redesignated Fleet Airship Wing 1 on 15 July 1943. Disestablished 16 Jan 1946.
Fleet Airship Group 2		Established on 1 Mar 1943 at NAS Richmond, FL. Redesignated Fleet Airship Wing 2 on 15 Jul 1943. Disestablished on 16 Jun 1945.
Fleet Airship Wing 30/Fleet Airships Atlantic: 1 Dec 1942 to 16 Jan 1946
On 1 December 1942 Fleet Airship Wing 30 was established to manage Fleet Airship Groups and their subordinate squadrons. On 15 July 1943 the wing was redesignated Fleet Airships Atlantic and the subordinate groups were redesignated Fleet Airship Wings.
Wing	Insignia	Notes
Fleet Airship Wing 30 Fleet Airships Atlantic		Established on 1 Dec 1942 at NAS Lakehurst. Redesignated Fleet Airships Atlantic 15 Jul 1943 and disestablished on 16 Jan 1946. This command existed one echelon above Fleet Airship Wings 1, 2, 4 and 5.
Fleet Airship Wings: 15 Jul 1943 to 16 Jan 1946
On 15 July 1943 when Fleet Airship Wing 30 was redesignated to Fleet Airships Atlantic, Fleet Airship Groups 1 and 2 were redesignated Fleet Airship Wings 1 and 2. Two and a half weeks later on 2 August 1943 two more Fleet Airship Wings were established as Fleet Airship Wings 4 and 5
Wing	Insignia	Notes
Fleet Airship Wing 1(1st)		Established as Airship Patrol Group 1 on 2 Jan 1942 at NAS Lakehurst, FL. Redesignated Fleet Airship Group 1 on 1 Nov 1942. Redesignated Fleet Airship Wing 1 on 15 July 1943 and disestablished 16 Jan 1946.
Fleet Airship Wing 2		Established as Fleet Airship Group 2 on 1 Mar 1943. Redesignated Fleet Airship Wing 2 on 15 Jul 1943 and disestablished 15 Jun 1945.
Fleet Airship Wing 4		Established 2 Aug 1943 headquartered at Recife, Brazil. Disestablished 15 Jul 1945.
Fleet Airship Wing 5		Established 2 Aug 1943 headquartered on the Caribbean island of Trinidad. Disestablished 11 Dec 1944.

WWII Pacific Fleet Airship Group/Wing

World War II Pacific Fleet Airship Group/Wing 1942 to 1946
The Pacific Fleet airship force consisted of a single wing which was established 1 October 1942 and disestablished 23 January 1946. During the less than three and a half year course of its existence it carried four designations. It was established as Airship Patrol Group 3 at NAS Moffatt Field on 1 October 1942 and two months later on 1 December 1942 redesignated Fleet Airship Wing 31 when the Atlantic Fleet established Fleet Airship Wing 30. On 15 July 1943 when Fleet Airship Wing 30 was redesignated Fleet Airships Atlantic this wing was again redesignated being dual designated as Fleet Airships Pacific and Fleet Airship Wing 3. It conducted operations under the designation of Fleet Airship Wing 3 and administered the wing's blimp squadrons as Fleet Airships Pacific. The wing was disestablished on 23 January 1946.
Wing	Insignia	Notes
Airship Patrol Group 3 Fleet Airship Wing 31 Fleet Airships Pacific/ Fleet Airship Wing 3	.	Established 1 Oct 1942 at NAS Moffatt Field, CA. Disestablished 23 Jan 1946.

Post WWII Airship Wing

Fleet Airship Wing 1949 to 1961
A new wing was established at NAS Lakehurst in 1949 to control the airship squadrons remaining after the post war draw down. It operated until 1961 when the Navy's airship operations came to an end.
Wing	Insignia	Notes
Fleet Airship Wing 1(2nd)		Established as Fleet Airship Wing 1 (second use of the designation) 20 Jan 1949 at NAS Lakehurst, NJ. Disestablished 31 Oct 1961.

Disestablished Airborne Early Warning Wings (Atlantic Barrier and Pacific Barrier) 1955 to 1965

From 1955 to 1965 the U.S. Navy operated seaward extensions of the nations Distant Early Warning line (DEW line). These extensions were known as the Atlantic Barrier and the Pacific Barrier and they were patrolled by land based Airborne Early Warning (VW) squadrons flying the WV-2/EC-121K Warning Star.

Disestablished Airborne Early Warning Wings (Atlantic Barrier and Pacific Barrier)
Wing		Insignia	Notes
Airborne Early Warning Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet (First use of the designation)	AEWWINGLANT (First use)		Established 1 Jul 1955 [15] [16] to operate land based Airborne Early Warning (VW) squadrons. Disestablished by 26 Aug 1965 when the Atlantic Barrier ceased operations. [17] The AEWWINGLANT designation was again used from Sep 1993 to Sep 2005 by a Type Wing which controlled carrier based E-2 aircraft squadrons. This wing and that wing are unrelated though they shared the same designation.
Airborne Early Warning Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet (First use of the designation)	AEWWINGPAC (First use)		Established 10 Jan 1956 [18] to operate land based Airborne Early Warning (VW) squadrons. Disestablished 1 Feb 1960 when the wing and its squadrons were merged into a single squadron designated AEW Barrier Squadron Pacific (AEWBARRONPAC) [19] which was then itself disestablished on 30 June 1965 with the conclusion of the operation of the Pacific Barrier. The AEWWINGPAC designation was again used from Aug 1993 to Sep 2005 by a Type Wing which controlled carrier based E-2 aircraft squadrons. This wing and that wing are unrelated though they shared the same designation.

Disestablished Training Air Wings 1971 to 1992

Prior to the establishment of Training Air Wings, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard flight training was conducted by Training Squadrons organized under the Flag Officers "Chief of Naval Air Basic Training" and "Chief of Naval Air Advanced Training" which were aligned under the "Chief of Naval Air Training". In 1971 and 1972 Eight Training Air Wings were established, each under the command of a Captain who reported directly to the Chief of Naval Air Training eliminating the positions of Chief of Naval Air Basic Training and Chief of Naval Air Advanced Training. ^{[20] [21]}

Disestablished Training Air Wings
Wing		Tail Code	insignia	Notes
Training Air Wing THREE	TRAWING THREE (TW-3)	C		Established on 1 Oct 1971 [4] to control training activities at NAS Chase Field, TX. Disestablished 31 Aug 1992 with the closure of NAS Chase Field and disestablishment of subordinate squadrons. [22]
Training Air Wing SEVEN	TRAWING SEVEN (TAW-7)			Established 1 Feb 1972 to control training activities at NAS Saufely Field, FL. [7] Disestablished in 1976 with deactivation of the Saufley Field airfield and disestablishment of subordinate squadrons. [23]
Training Air Wing EIGHT	TRAWING EIGHT (TAW-8)			Established in 1972 to control training activities at NAS Glynco, GA. [24] [7] Disestablished in 1974 with closure of NAS Glynco. [25] Subordinate squadron was relocated to NAS Pensacola and realigned under TRAWING SIX.

Disestablished Fleet Air Wings, Patrol Wings and Patrol and Reconnaissance Wings (includes former designations of current wings) 1937 to present

In 1937 the Navy used the term "wing" for the first time when it established five "Patrol Wings" consisting of squadrons of land based or amphibious patrol aircraft. Note: the parenthetical (1st) and (2nd) appended to some wing designations below are not a part of the wing's designation. They are added to indicate that the designation was used more than one time during the history of U.S. Naval Aviation and to specify which use of the designation is indicated. There is not necessarily any connection between Fleet Air Wings and/or Patrol Wings which shared the same designation.

There have been twenty-five Patrol Wings/Fleet Air Wings/Patrol and Reconnaissance Wings since the first five Patrol Wings were established in 1937, two of those twenty-five still exist today. Three of those twenty-five were USNR wings, none of which exist today.

Patrol Wings 1937 to 1942

The Navy's first five Patrol Wings were established in Oct 1937. Seven more Patrol Wings were established between 1940 and 1942.
Wings below were the original Patrol Wings established 1 Oct 1937
Wing	Insignia	Notes [3]
Patrol Wing 1(1st)		Established as Patrol Wing 1 on 1 Oct 1937, redesignated Fleet Air Wing 1 on 1 Nov 1942. Redesignated Patrol Wing ONE 30 Jun 1973, redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ONE 1 June 1999. Ceased operations as a wing after 2000 and was redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Force 7th Fleet/CTF-72 exercising operational control over VP squadrons deployed to 7th Fleet.
Patrol Wing 2(1st)		Established as Patrol Wing 2 on 1 Oct 1937, redesignated Fleet Air Wing 2 on 1 Nov 1942. Redesignated Patrol Wing TWO on 30 Jun 1973, disestablished on 8 Jun 1993 as Patrol Wing TWO (second use of the designation).
Patrol Wing 3		Established as Patrol Wing 3 on 1 Oct 1937, redesignated Fleet Air Wing 3 on 1 Nov 1942. Disestablished on 30 Jun 1971 as Fleet Air Wing 3.
Patrol Wing 4(1st)		Established as Patrol Wing 4 on 1 Oct 1937, redesignated Fleet Air Wing 4 on 1 Nov 1942. Disestablished on 30 Jun 1970 as Fleet Air Wing 4.
Patrol Wing 5(1st)		Established as Patrol Wing 5 on 1 Oct 1937, redesignated Fleet Air Wing 5 on 1 Nov 1942. Redesignated Patrol Wing FIVE on 30 Jun 1973, redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing FIVE on 26 Mar 1999, disestablished in 2009 as Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing FIVE.
Wings below were established in the 12 months prior to the U.S. entry into WWII
Wing	Insignia	Notes [3]
Patrol Wing 10(1st)		Established as Patrol Wing 10 in Dec 1940, redesignated Fleet Air Wing 10 on 1 Nov 1942. Disestablished on 1 Jun 1947 as Fleet Air Wing 10. Note: The current Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing TEN does not share a lineage with this wing, that wing was established in 1981 as Patrol Wing TEN (second use of the designation).
Patrol Wing 7		Established as Patrol Wing Support Force on 1 Mar 1941. Redesignated Patrol Wing 7 on 1 Jul 1941, redesignated Fleet Air Wing 7 on 1 Nov 1942. Disestablished on 4 Aug 1945 as Fleet Air Wing 7.
Patrol Wing 8		Established as Patrol Wing 8 on 8 Jul 1941, redesignated Fleet Air Wing 8 on 1 Nov 1942. Disestablished on 3 Jul 1946 as Fleet Air Wing 8.
Wings below were established within the first 11 months after the U.S. entry into WWII
Wing	Insignia	Notes [3]
Patrol Wing 9		Established as Patrol Wing 9 in Apr 1942, redesignated Fleet Air Wing 9 on 1 Nov 1942. Disestablished on 19 Jul 1945 as Fleet Air Wing 9.
Patrol Wing 11(1st)		Established as Patrol Wing 11 (first use of the designation) on 15 Aug 1942, redesignated Fleet Air Wing 11 on 1 Nov 1942. Redesignated Patrol Wing ELEVEN (second use of the designation) on 30 Jun 1973, redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ELEVEN on 26 Mar 1999. This wing still exists as Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ELEVEN.
Patrol Wing 12		Established as Patrol Wing 12 on 16 Sep 1942, redesignated Fleet Air Wing 12 on 1 Nov 1942. disestablished on 14 Jul 1945 as Fleet Air Wing 12.
Patrol Wing 14		Established as Patrol Wing 14 on 15 Oct 1942, redesignated Fleet Air Wing 14 on 1 Nov 1942. Disestablished in 1969 as Fleet Air Wing 14.

Fleet Air Wings 1942 to 1973

On 1 Nov 1942 all twelve Patrol Wings were redesignated Fleet Air Wings. Five more Fleet Air Wings were established during the remainder of WWII and three more were established between 1950 and 1965. [26] In 1970 the Naval Reserve established two wings called Fleet Air Reserve Wings.
Wings below were Patrol Wings redesignated as Fleet Air Wings on 1 Nov 1942
Wing	Insignia	Notes [3]
Fleet Air Wing 1		Established as Patrol Wing 1 on 1 Oct 1937. Redesignated Fleet Air Wing 1 on 1 Nov 1942, redesignated Patrol Wing ONE on 30 Jun 1973. Redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ONE on 1 June 1999. Ceased operations as a wing after 2000 and was redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Force 7th Fleet/CTF-72 exercising operational control over VP squadrons deployed to 7th Fleet.
Fleet Air Wing 2		Established as Patrol Wing 2 on 1 Oct 1937. Redesignated Fleet Air Wing 2 on 1 Nov 1942, redesignated Patrol Wing TWO on 30 Jun 1973. Disestablished on 8 Jun 1993 as Patrol Wing TWO.
Fleet Air Wing 3		Established as Patrol Wing 3 on 1 Oct 1937. Redesignated Fleet Air Wing 3 on 1 Nov 1942, disestablished on 30 Jun 1971 as Fleet Air Wing 3.
Fleet Air Wing 4		Established as Patrol Wing 4 on 1 Oct 1937. Redesignated Fleet Air Wing 4 on 1 Nov 1942, disestablished on 30 Jun 1970 as Fleet Air Wing 4.
Fleet Air Wing 5		Established as Patrol Wing 5 on 1 Oct 1937. Redesignated Fleet Air Wing 5 on 1 Nov 1942, redesignated Patrol Wing FIVE on 30 Jun 1973. Redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing FIVE on 26 Mar 1999, disestablished in 2009 as Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing FIVE.
Fleet Air Wing 7		Established as Patrol Wing Support Force on 1 Mar 1941. Redesignated Patrol Wing 7 on 1 Jul 1941. Redesignated Fleet Air Wing 7 on 1 Nov 1942, disestablished on 4 Aug 1945 as Fleet Air Wing 7.
Fleet Air Wing 8(1st)		Established as Patrol Wing 8 on 8 Jul 1941. Redesignated Fleet Air Wing 8 on 1 Nov 1942, disestablished on 3 Jul 1946 as Fleet Air Wing 8.
Fleet Air Wing 9		Established as Patrol Wing 9 in Apr 1942. Redesignated Fleet Air Wing 9 on 1 Nov 1942, disestablished on 19 Jul 1945 as Fleet Air Wing 9.
Fleet Air Wing 10(1st)		Established as Patrol Wing 10 in Dec 1940. Redesignated Fleet Air Wing 10 on 1 Nov 1942, disestablished on 1 Jun 1947 as Fleet Air Wing 10 (first use of the designation). Note: The current Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing TEN does not share a lineage with this wing, that wing was established in 1981 as Patrol Wing TEN (second use of the designation).
Fleet Air Wing 11		Established as Patrol Wing 11 (first use of the designation) on 15 Aug 1942. Redesignated Fleet Air Wing 11 on 1 Nov 1942, redesignated Patrol Wing ELEVEN (second use of the designation) on 30 Jun 1973. Redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ELEVEN on 26 Mar 1999. This wing still exists as Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ELEVEN.
Fleet Air Wing 12		Established as Patrol Wing 12 on 16 Sep 1942. Redesignated Fleet Air Wing 12 on 1 Nov 1942, disestablished on 14 Jul 1945 as Fleet Air Wing 12.
Fleet Air Wing 14		Established as Patrol Wing 14 on 15 Oct 1942. Redesignated Fleet Air Wing 14 on 1 Nov 1942, disestablished in 1969 as Fleet Air Wing 14.
Wings below were established as Fleet Air Wings during WWII after 1 Nov 1942
Wing	Insignia	Notes [3]
Fleet Air Wing 6(1st)		Established as Fleet Air Wing 6 on 2 Nov 1942, disestablished on 1 Dec 1945 as Fleet Air Wing 6.
Fleet Air Wing 15		Established as Fleet Air Wing 15 on 1 Dec 1942, disestablished on 28 Jul 1945 as Fleet Air Wing 15.
Fleet Air Wing 16		Established as Fleet Air Wing 16 on 16 Feb 1943, disestablished on 27 Jun 1945 as Fleet Air Wing 16.
Fleet Air Wing 17		Established as Fleet Air Wing 17 on 15 Sep 1943, disestablished on 2 Jan 1946 as Fleet Air Wing 17.
Fleet Air Wing 18		Established as Fleet Air Wing 18 on 5 May 1945, disestablished on 30 Jun 1947 as Fleet Air Wing 18.
Wings below were established as Fleet Air Wings between 1950 and 1965
Wing	Insignia	Notes [3]
Fleet Air Wing 6(2nd)		Established as Fleet Air Wing 6 (second use of the designation) on 4 Aug 1950, disestablished on 1 Jul 1972 as Fleet Air Wing 6 (second use of the designation).
Fleet Air Wing 8(2nd)		Established as Fleet Air Wing 8 (second use of the designation) on 1 Jul 1965, disestablished on 1 Aug 1972 as Fleet Air Wing 8 (second use of the designation).
Fleet Air Wing 10(2nd)		Established as Fleet Air Wing 10 (second use of the designation) on 29 Jun 1963, disestablished on 30 Jun 1973 as Fleet Air Wing 10 (second use of the designation).
Wings below were established as Fleet Air Reserve Wings in 1970
In 1970 the Naval Air Reserve created a wing structure for all of its aircraft carrier squadrons and patrol squadrons. On 1 Oct 1970 two reserve Fleet Air Wings called "Fleet Air Reserve Wings" were established to organize all USNR patrol squadrons.
Wing	Insignia	Notes [3]
Fleet Air Reserve Wing Pacific		Established 1 Oct 1970 [27] to organize west coast USNR Patrol Squadrons (VP). Redesignated Reserve Patrol Wing Pacific in 1973. Consolidated with Reserve Patrol Wing Atlantic in Jan 1999 to form Reserve Patrol Wing which was ultimately disestablished on 30 Jun 2007. [28]
Fleet Air Reserve Wing Atlantic		Established 1 Oct 1970 [29] to organize east coast USNR Patrol Squadrons (VP). Redesignated Reserve Patrol Wing Atlantic in 1973. Consolidated with Reserve Patrol Wing Pacific in Jan 1999 to form Reserve Patrol Wing which was ultimately disestablished on 30 June 2007. [28]

Patrol Wings 1973 to 1999

On 30 June 1973 Fleet Air Wing 10 (second use of the designation) was disestablished and the four remaining Fleet Air Wings and Two Fleet Air Reserve Wings were redesignated Patrol Wings. Eight years later in 1981 a new Patrol Wing was established and designated Patrol Wing TEN (second use of the designation).
Wings below were Fleet Air Wings or Fleet Air Reserve Wings redesignated as Patrol Wings on 30 Jun 1973
Wing	Insignia	Notes [3]
Patrol Wing ONE(2nd)		Established as Patrol Wing 1 (first use of the designation) on 1 Oct 1937, redesignated Fleet Air Wing 1 on 1 Nov 1942. Redesignated Patrol Wing ONE (second use of the designation) on 30 Jun 1973, redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ONE on 1 June 1999. Ceased operations as a wing after 2000 and was redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Force 7th Fleet/CTF-72 exercising operational control over VP squadrons deployed to 7th Fleet.
Patrol Wing TWO(2nd)		Established as Patrol Wing 2 (first use of the designation) on 1 Oct 1937, redesignated Fleet Air Wing 2 on 1 Nov 1942. Redesignated Patrol Wing TWO (second use of the designation) on 30 Jun 1973, disestablished on 8 Jun 1993 as Patrol Wing TWO. [30]
Patrol Wing FIVE(2nd)		Established as Patrol Wing 5 (first use of the designation) on 1 Oct 1937, redesignated Fleet Air Wing 5 on 1 Nov 1942. Redesignated Patrol Wing FIVE (second use of the designation) on 30 Jun 1973, redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing FIVE on 26 Mar 1999. Disestablished in 2009 as Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing FIVE.
Patrol Wing ELEVEN(2nd)		Established as Patrol Wing 11 (first use of the designation) on 15 Aug 1942, redesignated Fleet Air Wing 11 on 1 Nov 1942. Redesignated Patrol Wing ELEVEN (second use of the designation) on 30 Jun 1973, redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ELEVEN on 26 Mar 1999. This wing still exists as Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ELEVEN.
Reserve Patrol Wing Pacific (Dual Designated as Patrol Wing FOUR(2nd))		Established 1 Oct 1970 as Fleet Air Reserve Wing Pacific. [31] Redesignated Reserve Patrol Wing Pacific in 1973 continuing to operate west coast USNR Patrol Squadrons. Consolidated with Reserve Patrol Wing Atlantic in Jan 1999 to form Reserve Patrol Wing which was a single USNR Patrol wing controlling all USNR Patrol Squadrons and which was ultimately disestablished on 30 Jun 2007. [28]
Reserve Patrol Wing Atlantic		Established 1 Oct 1970 as Fleet Air Reserve Wing Atlantic. [32] Redesignated Reserve Patrol Wing Atlantic in 1973 continuing to operate east coast USNR Patrol Squadrons. Consolidated with Reserve Patrol Wing Pacific in Jan 1999 to form Reserve Patrol Wing which was a single USNR Patrol wing controlling all USNR Patrol Squadrons and which was ultimately disestablished on 30 June 2007. [28]
Wing below was established in 1981
Wing	Insignia	Notes [3]
Patrol Wing TEN(2nd)		Established as Patrol Wing TEN (second use of the designation) on 1 Jun 1981, redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing TEN on 1 Jun 1999. Note: Though this wing's insignia is based on that of Fleet Air Wing 10 it does not share a lineage with either the first Patrol Wing 10 which was disestablished as Fleet Air Wing 10(1st) on 7 June 1947 or with the second Fleet Air Wing 10 which was disestablished eight years prior to the establishement of this wing. This wing still exists as Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing TEN.

Patrol and Reconnaissance Wings 1999 and later

In 1999 the four U.S. Navy Patrol Wings still in existence were redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wings and the U.S. Navy Reserve's Patrol Wing Atlantic and Reserve Patrol Wing Pacific were disestablished and their staffs were consolidated into a single USNR wing established as Reserve Patrol Wing. Four years later in 2003 a new Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing was established and designated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing TWO.
Wings below were Patrol Wings redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wings on 1 Jun or 26 March 1999
Wing	Insignia	Notes [3]
Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ONE		Established as Patrol Wing 1 on 1 Oct 1937, redesignated Fleet Air Wing 1 on 1 Nov 1942, redesignated Patrol Wing ONE on 30 Jun 1973. Redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ONE on 1 June 1999. Ceased operations as a wing after 2000 and was redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Force 7th Fleet/CTF-72 exercising operational control over VP squadrons deployed to 7th Fleet.
Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing FIVE		Established as Patrol Wing 5 on 1 Oct 1937, redesignated Fleet Air Wing 5 on 1 Nov 1942, redesignated Patrol Wing FIVE on 1 Jul 1973. Redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing FIVE on 26 Mar 1999 and disestablished in 2009 as Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing FIVE.
Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing TEN		Established as Patrol Wing TEN (second use of the designation) on 1 Jun 1981. Redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing TEN on 1 Jun 1999. Note: Though this wing's insignia is based on that of Fleet Air Wing 10 it does not share a lineage with either the first Patrol Wing 10 which was disestablished as Fleet Air Wing 10(1st) on 7 June 1947 or with the second Fleet Air 10 which was disestablished eight years prior to the establishement of this wing. This wing still exists as Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing TEN.
Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ELEVEN		Established as Patrol Wing 11 on 15 Aug 1942, redesignated Fleet Air Wing 11 on 1 Nov 1942, redesignated Patrol Wing ELEVEN on 30 Jun 1973 Redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ELEVEN on 26 Mar 1999. This wing still exists as Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ELEVEN.
Wings below were established in 1999 and 2003
Wing	Insignia	Notes [3]
Reserve Patrol Wing		Established in Jan 1999 through the consolidation of Reserve Patrol Wing Pacific and Reserve Patrol Wing Atlantic as a single USNR Patrol Wing to control the four USNR Patrol Squadrons which remained after disestablishment of a majority of USNR squadrons. Disestablished on 30 June 2007. [28] Remaining USNR Patrol Squadrons were realigned under Active Duty Patrol and Reconnaissance Wings.
Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing TWO		Established as Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing TWO in Oct 2003 adopting the insignia from the previously disestablished Patrol Wing TWO. [28] Disestablished on 1 May 2017 as Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing TWO. [33] Note: This wing does not share a lineage with the former Patrol Wing TWO as that wing was disestablished ten years before the establishment of this wing.

Disestablished other land based wings (includes former designations of current wings) 1951 to present

These wings were first established to provide for the training and readiness of nuclear bomber (Heavy Attack - VAH) squadrons assigned to Carrier Air Groups and for squadrons of specialized aircraft equipped with the emerging technologies of airborne search radar (Carrier Airborne Early Warning - VAW) squadrons or electronic warfare (Tactical Electronic Warfare - VAQ) squadrons. The wing construct eventually grew to include all Carrier Air Wing type squadrons and other sea going squadrons which provided helicopter detachments to surface ships.

The tables in this section below do not include Fleet Air Wings, Patrol Wings or Patrol and Reconnaissance Wings as they are included in the "Fleet Air Wings, Patrol Wings and Patrol and Reconnaissance Wings" tables above.

Other land based wings 1951 to 1970

Carrier Air Group squadrons when not deployed aboard their aircraft carriers were based at Naval Air Stations. Those squadrons and Naval Air Stations along with all the facilities and infrastructure to support them fell under the overall command of a Rear Admiral who headed a "Fleet Air" command (Fleet Air West Coast, Fleet Air Norfolk, Fleet Air Seattle etc...). Fleet Air commands commanded the squadrons, Naval Air Stations and shore based infrastructure and ensured squadrons were equipped, trained, manned and ready to deploy and operate as a part of a Carrier Air Group (later, Carrier Air Wing).

When the Navy began including nuclear bombers (Heavy Attack Squadron – VAH) in Carrier Air Groups In the 1950s it became necessary to create a subordinate command between the Fleet Air command and the Heavy Attack Squadrons specifically focused on providing the specialized training to crews and to ensure the upkeep of aircraft required for the safe and effective conduct of this special mission. “Heavy Attack Wings” were organized under a Fleet Air command to do this.

Similarly, by 1950 Carrier Airborne Early Warning (VAW) squadrons 11 and 12 were providing detachments of aircraft equipped with the emerging technologies of airborne search radar and electronic warfare systems to Carrier Air Groups, and in 1959 a third VAW squadron (VAW-13) split out of VAW-11 to concentrate on electronic warfare. By 1967 VAW-11 and VAW-12 had grown so large that they were elevated to wing status and their detachments were established as squadrons. In 1968 Tactical Electronic Warfare Wing 13 was established to manage the Tactical Electronic Warfare (VAQ) squadrons which were being established. These new Carrier Airborne Early Warning and Electronic Warfare wings were organized as special mission wings under the Fleet Air commands where they were based and ensured their squadrons were ready and capable of executing their unique roles when attached to their Carrier Air Wings for deployment.

Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet wings 1951 to 1970

Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet special mission wings 1951 to 1970
Wing		Insignia	Notes
Heavy Attack Wing ONE	HATWING ONE		Established 1 Feb 1951 [34] to provide Heavy Attack (VAH) squadrons flying nuclear bomber AJ aircraft to Carrier Air Groups. Squadrons ultimately transitioned to A-3 then A-5 aircraft. Redesignated Reconnaissance Attack Wing ONE in Aug 1964. [35]
Carrier Airborne Early Warning Wing TWELVE	CAEWWING 12		Established 1 April 1967 when Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron TWELVE (VAW-12) was elevated to wing status and its detachments were established as separate squadrons. Redesignated Airborne Early Warning Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1 Sep 1993 [36] and ultimately disestablished 23 Sep 2005.
Heavy Attack Wing redesignated to Reconnaissance Attack Wing in 1964
In 1964 the Navy ended its involvement in strategic nuclear bombing ceding that role to the USAF and converted its A-5 Vigilante nuclear bomber squadrons (VAH) to RA-5C Vigilante reconnaissance squadrons (RVAH).
Reconnaissance Attack Wing ONE	RECONATKWING ONE		Redesignated from HATWING ONE in Aug 1964. Provided tactical reconnaissance squadrons to Carrier Air Wings. Disestablished 7 Jan 1980 with the retirement of the RA-5C Vigilante and disestablishment of RVAH squadrons. [37]

Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet wings 1956 to 1970

Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet special mission wings 1951 to 1970
Wing		Insignia	Notes
Heavy Attack Wing TWO	HATWING TWO		Established 2 July 1956 [38] to provide Heavy Attack (VAH) squadrons flying nuclear bomber A-3 aircraft to Carrier Air Groups. Disestablished 30 Jun 1959, [39] squadrons realigned under Fleet Air Whidbey.
Carrier Airborne Early Warning Wing ELEVEN	CAEWWING 11		Established 20 April 1967 when Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron ELEVEN (VAW-11) was elevated to wing status and its detachments were established as separate squadrons. Disestablished 30 Jun 1973. Squadrons realigned under Fleet Air Miramar.
Tactical Electronic Warfare Wing THIRTEEN	VAQWING 13		Established 1 Sep 1968 at NAS Alameda to oversee administrative, operations and maintenance support for the new Tactical Electronic Warfare (VAQ) squadrons flying the EKA-3B Skywarrior which provided detachments to Carrier Air Wings. [40] Moved to NAS Whidbey Island with the decision to base the new EA-6B Prowler squadrons at NASWI. Disestablished 1 Jul 1972. [41] Squadrons realigned under Fleet Air Whidbey.

Other land based wings 1970 to 1993

Between 1970 and 1974 both Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet and Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet underwent reorganizations which replaced Fleet Air commands with wings. Though both fleets each ended up with a wing structure, they went about their reorganizations differently and each ended up with different structures. Naval Air Force, Atlantic created a two tiered wing structure with Flag Officer commanded functional wings reporting to Commander Naval Air Force, Atlantic commanding the former Fleet Air command Naval Air Stations with numerous subordinate Captain commanded type wings responsible for the aircraft squadrons under those functional wings. Naval Air Force, Pacific simply redesignated Flag Officer commanded Fleet Air commands as functional wings essentially leaving the Fleet Air structure in place with a simple name change to wings. The Naval Air Reserve also underwent a reorganization between 1970 and 1975 which created a wing structure unique to the Naval Reserve.

Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet wings 1970 to 1993

Beginning of Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet reorganization 1970 - 1973
In 1970 Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet began creating its two tiered wing structure to change from Fleet Air commands to wing commands for all Carrier Air Wing squadrons. The first step in this transition was the creation of numerous Captain commanded wings which would consist of a single type of aircraft (fighter, attack, anti-submarine). These wings would supervise the replacement training squadrons for their type aircraft, assist in maintenance and equipment support providing operationally ready squadrons to Carrier Air Wings or other operating forces, and supervise training when the squadrons were not deployed. [42] [43]
Between 1970 and 1973 six of these Captain commanded wings were added to the two already existing special mission wings (RECONATKWING ONE and CAEWWING 12). These wings would all eventually become known as "type wings" as they consisted of squadrons of a single type of aircraft. These wings, unlike the Fleet Air commands which were being replaced, consisted solely of aircraft squadrons; they did not include Naval Air Stations or other elements of the shore based infrastructure. In 1974 Flag Officer commanded functional wings were formed which fully replaced the Fleet Air Commands and these wings were subordinated to them.
Wing		Insignia	Notes
RECONATKWING ONE and CAEWWING 12 existed prior to the beginning of the Fleet Air to Wing reorganization.
Reconnaissance Attack Wing ONE	RECONATKWING ONE		Established as Heavy Attack Wing ONE 1 Feb 1951. Redesignated Reconnaissance Attack Wing ONE in Aug 1964. [44] Provided tactical reconnaissance RVAH squadrons to Carrier Air Wings. Disestablished 7 Jan 1980 with the retirement of the RA-5C Vigilante and disestablishment of RVAH squadrons. [37]
Carrier Airborne Early Warning Wing TWELVE	CAEWWING 12		Established 1 April 1967 when Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron TWELVE (VAW-12) was elevated to wing status and its detachments were established as separate squadrons. Redesignated Airborne Early Warning Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1 Sep 1993 [36] and ultimately disestablished 23 Sep 2005.
Six new wings were established by Commander Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet from 1970 to 1973.
Light Attack Wing ONE	LATWING ONE		Established 1 Jun 1970. [45] Consisted of Atlantic Fleet's "light" Attack (VA) squadrons flying the A-7. Redesignated Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1 Sep 1993 with replacement of the A-7 Corsair II by the F/A-18 Hornet in the Atlantic Fleet. [36] This wing still exists as Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
Fighter Wing ONE	FITWING ONE		Established 16 Jul 1971. [46] Consisted of Atlantic Fleet's Fighter Squadrons (VF). Redesignated Fighter Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1 Sep 1993 and ultimately disestablished 1 Oct 2004. [36]
Medium Attack Wing ONE	MATWING ONE		Established 1 Oct 1971. [47] Consisted of Atlantic Fleet's "medium" Attack (VA) squadrons flying the A-6 Intruder. Redesignated Attack Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1 Sep 1993 and ultimately disestablished 30 Jun 1997. [36]
Air Anti-Submarine Wing ONE	AIRANTISUBWING ONE		Established 1 Apr 1973. [48] Consisted of Atlantic Fleet's Air Anti-Submarine (VS) squadrons flying the S-2 Tracker. Squadrons ultimately transitioned the S-3 Viking before 1980. Redesignated Sea Strike Wing ONE May 1987. Redesignated Sea Control Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1 Sep 1993 and ultimately disestablished 30 Jan 2009. [36]
Helicopter Anti-Submarine Wing ONE	HELANTISUBWING ONE		Established 1 Apr 1973. [49] Consisted of Atlantic Fleet's Helicopter Anti-Submarine (HS) squadrons flying the SH-3 Sea King. Squadrons ultimately transitioned to the SH-60F and HH-60H Seahawk in the 2000s. Redesignated Helicopter Anti-Submarine Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1 Sep 1993 and ultimately disestablished 1 Apr 2005. [36]
Helicopter Sea Control Wing ONE	HELSEACONWING ONE		Established Jun 1973. Consisted of Atlantic Fleet's Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) (HSL) squadrons flying the SH-2 Sea Sprite from Cruisers, Destroyers and Frigates. Disestablished 1 Jul 1992, [50] squadrons re-aligned under Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) Wing ONE.
A seventh new wing was established as a Captain commanded functional wing consisting of nine squadrons of various types of fixed wing aircraft and helicopters to command the Atlantic Fleet's logistics, utility and other support aircraft squadrons. [51]
Fleet Tactical Support Wing ONE	FLTTACSUPWING ONE		Established 1 Jul 1973 to operate Atlantic Fleet's fixed wing and helicopter logistics and utility squadrons. [11] [52] Disestablished 1 Oct 1989. [53]
Additional Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet wings established 1982 and 1985
On 1 Oct 1982 Helicopter Tactical Wing ONE was established as a functional wing. Like Fleet Tactical Support Wing ONE it was commanded by a Captain who reported directly to the Commander Naval Air Force, Atlantic and not to one of the Flag Officer commanded functional wings. [54]
Wing		Insignia	Notes
Helicopter Tactical Wing ONE	HELTACWING ONE		Established 1 Oct 1982 from Fleet Tactical Support Wing ONE's Helicopter squadron, a Naval Air Training Command helicopter squadron supporting training command activities and three Helicopter Mine Countermeasures (HM) squadrons from Helicopter Sea Control Wing ONE. [55] [56] Redesignated Helicopter Tactical Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1 Sep 1993. [36] This wing still exists as Helicopter Sea Combat Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
In Mar 1985 Helicopter Sea Control Wing THREE was established as the type wing for the then new SH-60B Seahawk. It was established as a subordinate wing of the Flag Officer commanded functional wing, Sea Based Anti-Submarine Warfare Wings, Atlantic.
Helicopter Sea Control Wing THREE	HELSEACONWING THREE		Established Mar 1985 as the type wing for Atlantic Fleet Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) (HSL) squadrons flying the then new SH-60B Seahawk. Redesignated Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) Wing ONE 1 Jul 1992. [57] This wing still exists as Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet type wing redesignations 1987 and 1992
Air Anti-Submarine Wing ONE was redesignated Sea Strike Wing ONE seven months after being moved from the functional wing Sea Based Anti-Submarine Warfare Wings, Atlantic to the functional wing Strike Fighter Wings, Atlantic.
Wing		Insignia	Notes
Sea Strike Wing ONE	SEASTRIKEWING ONE		Established as Air Anti-Submarine Wing ONE 1 Apr 1973. Redesignated Sea Strike Wing ONE May 1987 after being transferred from SEABASEDASWWINGSLANT to STRIKEFITWINGSLANT continuing as the type wing for Air Anti-Submarine (VS) squadrons flying the S-3 Viking. Redesignated Sea Control Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1 Sep 1993 and ultimately disestablished 30 Jan 2009. [36]
In July 1992 the two Helicopter Sea Control Wings, HELSEACONWING ONE and HELSEACONWING THREE, were consolidated to one wing by disestablishing HELSEACONWING ONE and redesignating HELSEACONWING THREE to Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) Wing ONE (HSLWING ONE).
Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) Wing ONE	HSLWING ONE		Established as Helicopter Sea Control Wing THREE Mar 1985. Redesignated Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) Wing ONE 1 Jul 1992. Operated as type wing for HSL squadrons flying SH-60B Seahawks and HSL squadrons flying SH-2 Sea Sprites until the SH-2 Sea Sprite to SH-60B Seahawk transition was complete. Redesignated Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1 Sep 1993. [36] This wing still exists as Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet.

Completion of Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet reorganization: Flag Officer commanded functional wings 1974
On 1 July 1974 Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet completed the replacement of its Fleet Air commands by realigning two existing Flag Officer commands redesignating them as functional wings which assumed command of Atlantic Fleet Naval Air Stations and of assigned subordinate type wings as the top tier of the two tiered wing system.
On 1 July 1974 the eight type wings which existed on that date were assigned to Tactical Wings, Atlantic (TACWINGSLANT) and Sea Based Anti-Submarine Warfare Wings, Atlantic (SEABASEDASWWINGSLANT), colloquially called "Sea Bear". The Atlantic Fleet Patrol Wings, one of which had existed since 1937 and the other which had existed since 1942 were subordinated to the third Flag Officer functional Wing; Patrol Wings, Atlantic (PATWINGSLANT) which itself had existed since September 1948 when it had been established as Fleet Air Wings Atlantic and redesignated to Patrol Wings Atlantic 5 July 1973. It had also been dual designated as Fleet Air Brunswick from July 1971 to July 1973.
Wing		Insignia	Notes
Tactical Wings, Atlantic	TACWINGSLANT		Established 1 Apr 1973 as Deputy ComNavAirLant/Commander Tactical Air, Atlantic. Redesignated Commander Tactical Wings, Atlantic 1 July 1974 replacing Fleet Air Norfolk which had been absorbed into the staff of Commander Naval Air Force, Atlantic in 1971. [58] Temporarily renamed "Fighter Medium Attack Airborne Early Warning Wings, Atlantic" from 1 Oct 1986 to 27 Apr 1989. Disestablished as Commander Tactical Wings, Atlantic 30 Sep 1992. [59]
Shore Facilities: Naval Air Station Oceana, Naval air Station Key West, Naval Air Station Norfolk
Subordinate Wings -RECONATKWING ONE until its disestablishment on 7 Jun 1980 -CAEWWING 12 -LATWING ONE until it was moved to a new fourth functional wing on 1 Oct 1986 -FITWING ONE -MATWING ONE
Sea Based Anti-Submarine Warfare Wings, Atlantic	SEABASEDASWWINGSLANT		Deputy ComNavAirLant/Commander Sea Control Group One redesignated Commander Sea Based Anti-Submarine Warfare Wings, Atlantic 1 Jul 1974 replacing Fleet Air Jacksonville which was disestablished. [60] Redesignated Commander Helicopter Wings, Atlantic 1 Oct 1986. Disestablished as Commander Helicopter Wings, Atlantic 30 Sep 1992. [61]
Shore Facilities: Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Naval Air Station Cecil Field, Naval Station Mayport
Subordinate Wings -AIRANTISUBWING ONE -HELANTISUBWING ONE -HELSEACONWING ONE -HELSEACONWING THREE was established in Mar 1985 and added upon its establishment
Patrol Wings, Atlantic	PATWINGSLANT		Fleet Air Brunswick/Commander Patrol Wings, Atlantic redesignated Commander Patrol Wings, Atlantic/Commander Patrol Wing FIVE in Jul 1973. 1 July 1974 Commander Patrol Wings, Atlantic and Patrol Wing FIVE separated into separate commands. Disestablished as Commander Patrol Wings, Atlantic on 30 Sep 1992. [62] A new Commander Patrol Wings, Atlantic was established two years later in Oct 1994 which exists today as Commander Patrol and Reconnaissance Group/Commander Patrol and Reconnaissance Group Pacific. [63]
Shore Facilities: Naval Air Station Brunswick, Naval Air Station Bermuda, Naval Air Facility Lajes, Azors
Subordinate Wings PATWING FIVE PATWING ELEVEN
Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet functional wing adjustments 1986
A fourth Flag Officer commanded functional wing was established on 1 Oct 1986 twelve years after the three functional wings had been formed. It was established by moving NAS Key West and LATWING ONE from Tactical Wings, Atlantic; and NAS Cecil Field and AIRANTISUBWING ONE from Sea Based Anti-Submarine Warfare Wings, Atlantic to the new functional wing which was designated Strike-Fighter Wings, Atlantic (STRIKEFITWINGSLANT). At the same time, Sea Based Anti-Submarine Warfare Wings, Atlantic was redesignated Helicopter Wings, Atlantic (HELWINGSLANT) and HELTACWING ONE was added to it. Also, Tactical Wings, Atlantic was redesignated Fighter Medium Attack Airborne Early Warning Wings, Atlantic but it reverted back to Tactical Wings, Atlantic two and a half years later on 27 Apr 1989. There was no change to Patrol Wings, Atlantic.
Wing		Insignia	Notes
Helicopter Wings, Atlantic	HELWINGSLANT		Deputy ComNavAirLant/Commander Sea Control Group One redesignated Commander Sea-based Anti-Submarine Wings, Atlantic 1 Jul 1974. Redesignated Commander Helicopter Wings, Atlantic 1 Oct 1986 adding HELTACWING ONE and transferring AIRASWWING ONE and NAS Cecil Field to the newly established Strike-Fighter Wings, Atlantic. Disestablished as Commander Helicopter Wings, Atlantic 30 Sep 1992. [64]
Shore Facilities: Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Naval Station Mayport, Naval Air Station Mayport (in 1988 the airfield at Naval Station Mayport was established as a separate command)
Subordinate Wings -HELANTISUBWING ONE -HELTACWING ONE added upon SEABASEDASWWINGSLANT redesignation to HELWINGSLANT -HELSEACONWING ONE until its disestablishment on 1 Jul 1992 -HELSEACONWING THREE redesignated HSLWING ONE on 1 Jul 1992
Strike-Fighter Wings, Atlantic	STRIKEFITWINGSLANT		Established 1 Oct 1986 by transferring LATWING ONE and NAS Key West from Tactical Wings, Atlantic and NAS Cecil Field and AIRASWWING ONE from Sea Based ASW Wings, Atlantic when that wing was redesignated Helicopter Wings, Atlantic on 1 Oct 1986. Disestablished as Commander Strike-Fighter Wings, Atlantic 30 Sep 1992. [65]
Shore Facilities: Naval Air Station Cecil Field, Naval Air Station Key West
Subordinate Wings -LATWING ONE from TACWINGSLANT -AIRASWWING ONE from SEABASEDASWWINGSLANT (redesignated SEASTRIKEWING ONE seven months after realigining under this wing)
Note: This wing "Strike-Fighter Wings, Atlantic" and the future "Strike Fighter Wing, Atlantic" are two separate wings. This wing was a Flag Officer commanded functional wing which existed for only six years from 1986 to 1992 and the other is a Captain commanded type wing established in 1970 as Light Attack Wing ONE (LATWING ONE) and redesignated Strike Fighter Wing, Atlantic in 1993 and which still exists today as Strike Fighter Wing, Atlantic. That type wing was a subordinate wing of this functional wing from 1986 to 1992.

Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet wings 1970 to 1993

Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet reorganization 1973
Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet's reorganization began on 30 June 1973 when its single existing special mission wing (CAEWWING 11) and all but five of its Fleet Air commands were disestablished. [66] The next day, 1 July 1973 the five remaining Fleet Air commands were renamed wings. [67] These wings were called functional wings, remained under the command of Flag Officers and continued operating as they had operated when they were Fleet Air commands with responsibility for their assigned Naval Air Stations and aircraft squadrons.
A year prior to the reorganization on 1 July 1972 one of the two existing Pacific Fleet special mission wings (VAQWING 13) was disestablished and its squadrons were realigned under Fleet Air Whidbey. A year later on 30 Jun 1973 the other wing (CAEWWING 12) was disestablished and its squadrons were realigned under Fleet Air Mirimar. On 1 July 1973 those squadrons were combined with the other squadrons of those Fleet Air commands into two of the new functional wings.
Wing		Insignia	Notes
Tactical Electronic Warfare Wing THIRTEEN	VAQWING 13		Established 1 Sep 1968 to oversee tactical electronic warfare squadrons (VAQ). Disestablished 1 Jul 1972. [68] Squadrons realigned under Fleet Air Whidbey and ultimately combined with Fleet Air Whidbey Attack Squadrons to form Medium Attack Tactical Electronic Warfare Wing Pacific.
Carrier Airborne Early Warning Wing ELEVEN	CAEWWING 11		Established 20 April 1967 when Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron ELEVEN (VAW-11) was elevated to wing status and its detachments were established as separate squadrons. Disestablished 30 Jun 1973. Squadrons realigned under Fleet Air Miramar and combined with Fleet Air Miramar Fighter Squadrons to form Fighter AEW Wing Pacific.
Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet reorganization was completed on 1 July 1973 with the renaming of Fleet Air Miramar, Fleet Air Lemoore, Fleet Air Whidbey, Fleet Air San Diego and Fleet Air Moffett resulting in a wing structure consisting of five Flag Officer commanded functional wings. Of those five wings only Patrol Wings, Pacific had subordinate wings which were Patrol Wings ONE and TWO both of them having been in existence since 1937.
Fighter Airborne Early Warning Wing, Pacific	FITAEWWINGPAC		Fleet Air Miramar renamed Fighter AEW Wing, Pacific [69] 1 July 1973. Pacific Fleet Carrier Airborne Early Warning (VAW) and Fighter (VF) squadrons and NAS Miramar. Disestablished 30 Sep 1993. [70]
Light Attack Wing, Pacific	LATWINGPAC		Fleet Air Lemoore renamed Light Attack Wing, Pacific [71] 1 Jul 1973. Pacific Fleet "light" Attack (VA) squadrons flying the A-7 and NAS Lemoore and NAS Fallon. Redesignated Strike Fighter Wing, Pacific 5 Apr 1991. [72]
Medium Attack Tactical Electronic Warfare Wing, Pacific	MATVAQWINGPAC		Fleet Air Whidbey renamed Medium Attack Tactical Electronic Warfare Wing, Pacific 1 July 1973. Pacific Fleet "medium" Attack (VA) squadrons flying the A-6 Intruder and all Tactical Electronic Warfare (VAQ) squadrons flying the EA-6B Prowler and NAS Whidbey Island. Disestablished 31 Jan 1993. [73]
Anti-Submarine Warfare Wing, Pacific	ASWWINGPAC		Fleet Air San Diego renamed Anti-Submarine Warfare Wing, Pacific [74] 1 July 1973. Pacific Fleet fixed wing and rotary wing ASW, logistics and utility squadrons and NAS North Island and NAS Imperial Beach. Disestablished 30 Sep 1993. [75]
Patrol Wings, Pacific	PATWINGSPAC		Commander Fleet Air Wings Pacific/Fleet Air Moffett renamed Patrol Wings Pacific 1 July 1973. Patrol Wings ONE and TWO and NAS Moffatt and NS Adak. [76]
Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet functional wing redesignation 1991
In April 1991 Light Attack Wing, Pacific was redesignated Strike Fighter Wing, Pacific.
Strike Fighter Wing, Pacific	STRIKEFITWINGPAC		Fleet Air Lemoore renamed Light Attack Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet 1 Jul 1973. Redesignated Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Pacific fleet 5 April 1991 with replacement of the A-7 Corsair II by the F/A-18 Hornet in the Pacific Fleet. [77] Shifted to a Captain commanded type wing 1 June 1993. [78] This wing still exists as Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet special wing establishment 1992
In 1992 a specialized wing was established by Naval Air Force, Pacific. This wing was commanded by a Captain and served as an operational task force of United States Strategic Command operating Navy aircraft for the relay of strategic communications to Ballistic Missile Submarines. The wing was designated Strategic Communications Wing ONE in the style of Patrol Wings (Patrol Wing ONE, Patrol Wing TWO).
Strategic Communications Wing ONE	STRATCOMWING ONE		Established 1 May 1992. [79] The wing was commanded by a Captain who reported administratively to the Commander Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet and operationally as Commander United States Strategic Command task force 124 to the Commander of U. S. Strategic Command. The wing operated two Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadrons (VQ) which operated EC-130 aircraft for the relay of strategic communications to Ballistic Missile Submarines. This wing still exists as STRATCOMWING ONE.

Naval Air Reserve wings 1970 to 1993

Naval Air Reserve wings established in 1970
In 1970 the USNR created a wing structure with the establishment of two Reserve Carrier Air Wings (CVWR), two Reserve Anti-Submarine Carrier Air Groups (CVSGR) and two Fleet Air Reserve Wings (detailed in the Fleet Air Wings section above). All of its Carrier Air Wing type squadrons were attached to a CVWR (fighter, attack, airborne early warning, electronic warfare squadrons) or CVSGR (fixed wing and helicopter anti-submarine squadrons with an airborne early warning squadron and a fighter type squadron for each wing). The CVWRs and CVSGRs were capable of embarking aboard an aircraft carrier for training but their function was to ensure their squadrons were manned, trained and equipped for operational employment if necessary; the same function as that of the active component land based wings.
Wing		Insignia	Notes
Carrier Air Wing Reserve TWENTY	CVWR-20		Tail Code "AF". Established as CVWR-20 on 1 April 1970 [80] to organize east coast USNR carrier airwing type aircraft squadrons. Redesignated Tactical Support Wing (TSW), 1 April 2007. This wing still exists as Tactical Support Wing
Carrier Air Wing Reserve THIRTY	CVWR-30		Tail Code "ND". Established as CVWR-30 on 1 Apr 1970 [81] to organize west coast USNR carrier airwing type aircraft squadrons. Disestablished 31 Dec 1994
Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group Reserve SEVENTY	CVSGR-70		Tail Code "AW". Established 1 May 1970 [82] to organize east coast USNR aircraft carrier type fixed wing and helicopter anti-submarine squadrons and also included an airborne early warning squadron and a fighter type fixed wing squadron. Disestablished 30 Jun 1976.
Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group Reserve EIGHTY	CVSGR-80		Tail Code "NW". Established 1 May 1970 [83] to organize west coast USNR aircraft carrier type fixed wing and helicopter anti-submarine squadrons and also included an airborne early warning squadron and a fighter type fixed wing squadron. Disestablished 30 Jul 1976.
Naval Air Reserve wings established in 1974 and 1975
In 1974 the Naval Air Reserve established a wing for its land based logistics squadrons and squadrons which flew fighters as aggressors in support of fleet training. In 1975 it established a helicopter wing to organize its helicopter squadrons in advance of the disestablishment in 1976 of the Anti-Submarine Carrier Air Groups (CVSGR) to which the helicopter squadrons were attached. The fixed wing squadrons which had been attached to the CVSGRs were realigned under Reserve Carrier Air Wings 20 and 30.
Wing		Insignia	Notes
Reserve Tactical Support Wing	RESTACSUPWING		Established in 1974 to organize USNR logistics and aggressor squadrons in support of both Naval Air Force, Atlantic and Naval Air Force, Pacific. Redesignated Fleet Logistics Support Wing (FLSW) in 1983. [84] This wing still exists as Fleet Logistics Support Wing.
Note: This wing and the Navy Reserve's current Tactical Support Wing are unrelated as this wing is the current Fleet Logistics Support Wing (FLSW) and the current Tactical Support Wing (TSW) is the redesignation of the former Carrier Air Wing Reserve TWENTY (CVWR-20).
Helicopter Wing Reserve	HELWINGRES		Tail Code "NW" (adopted from the disestablished CVSGR-80). Established Jun 1975 to assume control of the four helicopter squadrons from the soon to be disestablished CVSGR-70 and CVSGR-80. Grew to consist of ten squadrons at its maximum size. Disestablished 31 May 2007. [85] Remaining reserve helicopter squadrons continue to use tail code NW even though the wing no longer exists.
Naval Air Reserve wing redesignated 1983
In 1983 Reserve Tactical Support Wing was redesignated Fleet Logistics Support Wing better describing the main function of the wing (the wing's aggressor squadrons would ultimately transfer to CVWR-20 in 1992).
Wing		Insignia	Notes
Fleet Logistics Support Wing	FLSW		Established as Reserve Tactical Support Wing in 1974. Redesignated Fleet Logistics Support Wing in 1983. [86] This wing still exists as Fleet Logistics Support Wing.

Other land based wings 1993 and later

In 1993 Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet and Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet underwent major reorganization as part of a larger Navy reorganization that began moving command of the shore establishment away from the operating forces. The Flag Officer commanded Functional Wings were disestablished and command of shore facilities and shore based infrastructure was moved to Flag Officer commands not in the same chain of command as aircraft wings. Type wings were established in the Pacific Fleet commanded by Captains reporting directly to the Commander Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet and in the Atlantic Fleet, the existing type wings were redesignated replacing "ONE" with "Lant" with their commanders reporting directly to the Commander Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet.

This resulted in uniform type wing designations across the two fleets with wings titled AEWWINGLANT & AEWWINGPAC, HSWINGLANT & HSWINGPAC, FITWINGLANT & FITWINGPAC etc… There were two exceptions to this balanced organization which were Electronic Combat Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet (VAQWINGPAC) and Strategic Communications Wing ONE (STRATCOMWING ONE). Both were Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet wings with no counterparts in the Atlantic Fleet. There had never been an Electronic Combat Wing in the Atlantic Fleet and VAQWINGPAC had always provided squadrons to both Pacific and Atlantic Fleet Carrier Air Wings and in the case of STRATCOMWING ONE; that was a specialized wing under the operational control of U.S. Strategic Command and there was a need for only a single wing.

Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet and Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet wings 1993 and later

Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet special wing 1993 to present
In 1992 a specialized wing was established by Naval Air Force, Pacific. This wing served as an operational task force of United States Strategic Command operating Navy aircraft for the relay of strategic communications to Ballistic Missile Submarines. The wing was designated Strategic Communications Wing ONE in the style of the Patrol Wings (Patrol Wing ONE, Patrol Wing TWO) and was not redesignated during the 1993 reorganization.
Wing		Insignia	Notes
Strategic Communications Wing ONE	STRATCOMWING ONE		Established 1 May 1992. [87] The wing was commanded by a Captain who reported administratively to the Commander Naval Air Force, Pacific and operationally as Commander United States Strategic Command task force 124 to the Commander of U. S. Strategic Command. This wing still exists as STRATCOMWING ONE.
Common Naval Air Force, Atlantic and Naval Air Force, Pacific organization 1993 and later
Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet: On 30 Sep 1992 the four Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet Flag Officer commanded functional wings were disestablised as the first step of the reorganization. A year later, on 1 Sep 1993 all Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet wings were redisignated. Carrier Airborne Early Warning Wing 12 became Airborne Early Warning Wing, Atlantic (CAEWWING 12 to AEWWINGLANT); Sea Strike Wing ONE became Sea Control Wing, Atlantic (SEASTRIKEWING ONE to SEACONWINGLANT); Light Attack Wing ONE became Strike Fighter Wing, Atlantic (LATWING ONE to STRIKEFITWINGLANT); Medium Attack Wing ONE became Attack Wing, Atlantic (MATWING ONE to ATTKWINGLANT) and the rest simply swapped out "ONE" for "Atlantic" (LANT). Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet: On 31 Jan 1993 MATVAQWINGPAC was disestablished and Attack Wing, Pacific (ATTKWINGPAC) and Electronic Combat Wing, Pacific (VAQWINGPAC) were established the next day. On 1 June 1993 Strike Fighter Wing, Pacific gave up command of its Naval Air Stations, the Flag Officer commander was replaced by a Captain and it shifted from being a functional wing to being a type wing. From April to July 1993 Sea Control Wing, Pacific (SEACONWINGPAC); Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) Wing, Pacific (HSLWINGPAC); Helicopter Anti-Submarine Wing, Pacific (HSWINPAC) and Helicopter Tactical Wing, Pacific (HELTACWINGPAC) were established in advance of ASWWINGSPAC's disestablishment on 30 September 1993. Finally on 1 August 1993 Fighter Wing, Pacific (FITWINGPAC) and Airborne Early Warning Wing, Pacific (AEWWINGPAC) were established in advance of FITAEWWINGPAC's disestablishement on 30 September 1993.
Wing		Insignia	Notes
Electronic Combat Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet	VAQWINGPAC		Established 1 Feb 1993 [88] to assume control of the disestablished MATVAQWINGPAC's Tactical Electronic Warfare (VAQ) squadrons. Renamed Electronic Attack Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet (VAQWINGPAC) 30 Mar 1998. This wing still exists as Electronic Attack Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Airborne Early Warning Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet (Second use of the designation)	AEWWINGLANT (Second use)		Established as Carrie Airborne Early Warning Wing 12 on 1 Apr 1967. Redesignated Airborne Early Warning Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1 Sep 1993. Disestablished 23 Sep 2005, squadrons were realigned under Airborne Early Warning Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet. (This wing was unrelated to the AEWWINGLANT which existed as part of the "Atlantic Barrier" from 1955 to 1965).
Airborne Early Warning Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet (Second use of the designation)	AEWWINGPAC (Second use)		Established 1 Aug 1993 [70] to assume control of the disestablishing FITAEWWINGPAC's Airborne Early Warning (VAW) squadrons. Redesignated Airborne Command & Control and Logistics Wing 23 Sep 2005.This wing still exists as Airborne Command & Control and Logistics Wing. (This wing is unrelated to the AEWWINGPAC which existed as part of the "Pacific Barrier" from 1956 to 1960).
Fighter Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet	FITWINGLANT		Established as Fighter Wing ONE 16 Jul 1971. Redesignated Fighter Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1 Sep 1993. Disestablished 1 Oct 2004, [89] remaining F-14 Tomcat squadrons realigned under Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet and eventually transitioned to the F/A-18E or F Super Hornet.
Fighter Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet	FITWINGPAC		Established 1 Aug 1993 [70] to assume control of the disestablishing FITAEWWINGPAC's Fighter (VF) squadrons. Disestablished 17 Dec 1996, [90] remaining F-14 Tomcat squadrons were realigned under Fighter Wing, U. S. Atlantic Fleet.
Attack Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet	ATTACKWINGLANT		Established as Medium Attack Wing ONE 1 Oct 1971. Redesignated Attack Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1 Sep 1993. Disestablished 30 Jun 1997 [91] with the retirement of the A-6 Intruder.
Attack Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet	ATTACKWINGPAC		Established 1 Feb 1993 [88] to assume control of the disestablished MATVAQWINGPAC's Attack (VA) squadrons. Disestablished 30 Apr 1997 [91] with the retirement of the A-6E Intruder.
Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet	STRKFITWINGLANT		Established 1 June 1970 as Light Attack Wing ONE, Redesignated Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1 Sep 1993 with replacement of the A-7 Corsair II by the F/A-18 Hornet in the Atlantic Fleet. [36] This wing still exists as Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet	STRKFIGHTWINGPAC		Established 1 Jul 1973 as Light Attack Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Redesignated Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet 5 Apr 1991 with replacement of the A-7 Corsair II by the F/A-18 Hornet in the Pacific Fleet. [92] 1 June 1993 shifted from a Flag Officer commanded Functional Wing to a Captain commanded Type Wing.This wing still exists as Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Sea Control Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet	SEACONWINGLANT		Established as Air Anti-Submarine Wing ONE 1 Apr 1973, redesignated Sea Strike Wing ONE May 1987. Redesignated Sea Control Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1 Sep 1993 when the Air Antisbumbarine (VS) squadrons were redesignated to Sea Control (VS) squadrons. Disestablished 30 Jan 2009 with retirement of the S-3 Viking.
Sea Control Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet	SEACONWINGPAC		Established 22 Apr 1993 [93] to assume control of Sea Control (VS) squadrons from the disestablishing ASWWINGPAC. Disestablished 19 Aug 2005, remaining squadrons were re-aligned under SECONWINGLANT.
Helicopter Antisubmarine Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet	HSWINGLANT		Established as Helicopter Anti-Submarine Wing ONE 1 Apr 1973. Redesignated Helicopter Anti-submarine Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet on 1 Sep 1993. Disestablished 1 Apr 2005. Squadrons were realigned under Helicopter Sea Combat Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet in advance of their transitions to the MH-60S Seahawk and redesignation to Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC) squadrons.
Helicopter Antisubmarine Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet	HSWINGPAC		Established 1 July 1993 [94] to assume control of Helicopter Anti-Submarine (HS) squadrons from the disestablishing ASWWINGPAC. Disestablished in Apr 2005. Squadrons were realigned under Helicopter Sea Combat Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet in advance of their transitions to the MH-60S Seahawk and redesignation to Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC) squadrons.
Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet	HSLWINGLANT		Established as Helicopter Sea Control Wing THREE Mar 1985, redesignated Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) Wing ONE 1 Jul 1992. Redesignated Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1 Sep 1993. Type wing for SH-2 Sea Sprite squadrons and SH-60B Seahawk squadrons until the last SH-2 squadron was disestablished in 1994, then continued as the SH-60B Atlantic Fleet type wing. Redesignated Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet on 1 Jul 2006 [57] with the transition from the SH-60B Seahawk to the MH-60R Seahawk. This wing still exists as Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
Helicopter Antisubmarine (Light) Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet	HSLWINGPAC		Established 5 May 1993 [94] to assume control of Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) (HSL) squadrons from the disestablishing ASWWINGPAC. Redesignated Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet 1 Nov 2004 [95] with the transition of the HSL squadrons flying the SH-60B Seahawk to HSM squadrons flying the MH-60R Seahawk. This wing still exists as Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Helicopter Tactical Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet	HELTACWINGLANT		Established as Helicopter Tactical Wing ONE 1 Oct 1982. Redesignated Helicopter Tactical Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1 Sep 1993. Continued to operate HC and HM squadrons. Redesignated Helicopter Sea Combat Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1 Apr 2005 [96] with the redesignation of Helicopter Combat Support (HC) squadrons to Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC) squadrons and their transitions to the MH-60S Seahawk. This wing still exists as Helicopter Sea Combat Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
Helicopter Tactical Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet	HELTACWINGPAC		Established 1 July 1993 [94] to assume control of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures (HM) squadrons and Helicopter Combat Support (HC) squadrons flying logistics and utility helicopters from the disestablishing ASWWINGPAC. Redesignated Helicopter Sea Combat Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet 1 Apr 2005 [97] with the redesignation of Pacific Fleet Combat Support (HC) squadrons to Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC) squadrons and their transitions to the MH-60S Seahawk. This wing still exists as Helicopter Sea Combat Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet
Wing redesignations 1998 and later
On 30 Mar 1998 Electronic Combat Wing, Pacific was renamed Electronic Attack Wing, Pacific. On 23 Sep 2005 Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet's Airborne Early Warning Wing, Atlantic was disestablished and at the same time Naval Air Force Pacific Fleet's Airborne Early Warning Wing, Pacific was redesignated Airborne Command & Control and Logistics Wing (ACCLOGWING) combining all Atlantic and Pacific Fleet E-2 and C-2 squadrons into a single wing. On 1 Nov 2004 and 1 July 2006 Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) Wing, Pacific and Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) Wing, Atlantic were redesignated to Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing, Pacific and Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing, Atlantic and on 1 July 2005 Helicopter Tactical Wing, Pacific and Helicopter Tactical Wing, Atlantic were redesignated to Helicopter Sea Combat Wing, Pacific and Helicopter Sea Combat Wing, Atlantic.
Wing		Insignia	Notes
Electronic Attack Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet	VAQWINGPAC		Electronic Combat Wing Renamed Electronic Attack Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet (VAQWINGPAC) 30 Mar 1998. This wing still exists as Electronic Attack Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Airborne Command & Control and Logistics Wing	ACCLOGWING		Established 1 Aug 1993 as Airborne Early Warning Wing, Pacific. [70] Redesignated Airborne Command & Control and Logistics Wing 23 Sep 2005 assuming control of all Atlantic and Pacific Fleet Airborne Command & Control (VAW) squadrons and Carrier Onboard Delivery (VRC) squadrons. This wing still exists as Airborne Command & Control and Logistics Wing.
Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet	HSMWINGPAC		Established 5 May 1993 [94] to assume control of Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) (HSL) squadrons from the disestablishing ASWWINGPAC. Redesignated Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet 1 Nov 2004 [98] with the transition of the HSL squadrons flying the SH-60B Seahawk to HSM squadrons flying the MH-60R Seahawk. This wing still exists as Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Helicopter Maritime Stike Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet	HSMWINGLANT		Established as Helicopter Sea Control Wing THREE Mar 1985, redesignated Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) Wing ONE 1 Jul 1992. Redesignated Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1 Sep 1993. Redesignated Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet on 1 Jul 2006 [57] with the transition of the HSL squadrons flying the SH-60B Seahawk to HSM squadrons flying the MH-60R Seahawk. This wing still exists as Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
Helicopter Sea Combat Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet	HSCWINGPAC		Established 1 July 1993 [94] to assume control of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures (HM) squadrons and Helicopter Combat Support (HC) squadrons from the disestablished ASWWINGPAC. Redesignated Helicopter Sea Combat Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet 1 Apr 2005 [99] with the redesignation of Pacific Fleet Combat Support (HC) squadrons to Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC) squadrons and their transitions to the MH-60S Seahawk. This wing still exists as Helicopter Sea Combat Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet
Helicopter Sea Combat Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet	HSCWINGLANT		Established as Helicopter Tactical Wing ONE 1 Oct 1982, redesignated Helicopter Tactical Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1 Sep 1993. Operated HC and HM squadrons. Redesignated Helicopter Sea Combat Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1 Apr 2005 [100] with the redesignation of Helicopter Combat Support (HC) squadrons to Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC) squadrons and their transitions to the MH-60S Seahawk. This wing still exists as Helicopter Sea Combat Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet.

Naval Air Reserve wings 1993 and later

Naval Air Reserve wing organization 1993 and later
Excluding the two Patrol Wings which are detailed in the Patrol Wings table in the section above; by 1993 the Naval Air Reserve consisted of four of the six wings which had been established in the 1970s, the two CVSGRs having been disestablished in 1976. Between 1993 and 2007 the Navy Reserve underwent a large reduction in force leaving only two wings remaining in 2007.
Wing		Insignia	Notes
Carrier Air Wing Reserve TWENTY	CVWR-20		Tail Code "AF". Established as CVWR-20 on 1 April 1970 [101] to organize east coast USNR carrier airwing type aircraft squadrons. Redesignated Tactical Support Wing (TSW), 1 April 2007. This wing still exists as Tactical Support Wing
Carrier Air Wing Reserve THIRTY	CVWR-30		Tail Code "ND". Established as CVWR-30 on 1 Apr 1970 [102] to organize west coast USNR carrier airwing type aircraft squadrons. Disestablished 31 Dec 1994.
Helicopter Wing Reserve	HELWINGRES		Tail Code "NW" (adopted from the disestablished CVSGR-80). Established Jun 1975 to assume control of the four helicopter squadrons of the soon to be disestablished CVSGR-70 and CVSGR-80. Grew to consist of ten squadrons at its largest and shrunk to two squadrons by its disestablishment. Disestablished 31 May 2007. [103] Remaining two USNR helicopter squadrons were realigned under the active component's Helicopter Sea Combat Wings.
Fleet Logistics Support Wing	FLSW		Established as Reserve Tactical Support Wing in 1974. Redesignated Fleet Logistics Support Wing in 1983. [104] Operated USNR land based fixed wing logistics squadrons. This wing still exists as Fleet Logistics Support Wing.
Naval Air Reserve wing redesignation 2007
In 2007 Helicopter Wing Reserve was disestablished leaving only CVWR-20 and Fleet Logistics Support Wing remaining. By this time CVWR-20 had ceased to resemble a Carrier Air Wing consisting of only three carrier air wing squadrons and three aggressor squadrons and on 1 April of that year it was redesignated from CVWR-20 to Tactical Support Wing.
Tactical Support Wing	TSW	TSW new	Tail Code "AF" (held over from former designation as Carrier Air Wing Reserve TWENTY). Established as CVWR-20 on 1 Apr 1970. Redesignated Tactical Support Wing 1 Apr 2007. Consisted of the three remaining USNR Carrier Air Wing squadrons; one Strike Fighter (VFA) squadron, one Electronic Attack (VAQ) squadron and one Airborne Early Warning (VAW) squadron, and three Aggressor squadrons (VFC) which supported fleet training. This wing still exists as Tactical Support Wing.

See also

• List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons
• List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons
• Carrier air wing

Notes

1. "Air Wings of the US Navy". www.wings-aviation.ch.
2. Naval Aviation News July–August 1992 pg4
3. "Organization and Development of Patrol Wings (Fleet Air Wings) 1918–Present" (PDF). Retrieved 14 September 2023.
4. Naval Aviation News Feb 1972 pg 18
5. Naval Aviation News October 1971 pg 23
6. "Training Air Wing Four". www.cnatra.navy.mil.
7. Naval Aviation News April 1972 pg 3
8. OPNAVNOTE 5400 dated 9 July 2015
9. Roy A. Grossnick (ed.), United States Naval Aviation 1910–1995, Appendix 15 Archived 16 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine , accessed May 2012
10. Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons Vol I pg 30
11. Naval Aviation News Feb 1974 pg 19
12. Naval Aviation News Feb 1971 pg 15
13. "Defense News".
14. Grossnick, Roy A. Kite Baloons to Airshps...the Navy's Lighter-than-air Experience. Washington DC. Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air Warfare). 1986"
15. "Atlantic Barrier". Archived from the original on 16 December 2001.
16. Naval Aviation News May 1957 pg 1
17. Naval Aviation News Feb 1966 pg 10
18. Naval Aviation News Jan 1957 pg 3
19. Naval Aviation News April 1960 pg 38
20. Naval Aviation News Oct 1971, pg 22
21. Naval Aviation News Feb 1972 pg 17
22. Naval Aviation News November–December 1992 pg 7
23. Naval Aviation News June 1977 pg 34.
24. Naval Aviation News Oct 1971 pg 23
25. Naval Aviation News November 1974 pg 29
26. Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons Vol II App 13
27. Naval Aviation News Feb 1971 pg 15
28. "VPNAVY – Commander, Patrol Wing Main Summary Page – VP Patrol Squadron". www.vpnavy.com.
29. Naval Aviation News Feb 1971 pg 15
30. Naval Aviation News July-Aug 1993 page 7
31. Naval Aviation News Feb 1971 pg 15
32. Naval Aviation News Feb 1971 pg 15
33. OPNAVNOTE 5400 dated 10 May 2016
34. United States Naval Aviation 1910–2010 chap 7 pg 262
35. Naval Aviation News Feb 1965 pg10
36. Naval Aviation News May/June 1994 pg 6
37. Naval Aviation News May 1980 pg 4
38. Naval Aviation News Jan 1957 pg 5
39. Naval Aviation News Feb 1960 pg10
40. The Hook; Journal of Naval Aviation Spring 2002 pg 23
41. United States Naval Aviation 1910–1995 pg 297. Roy A. Grossnick, Mark Llewellyn Evans, published June 2001
42. Naval Aviation News Feb 1972 pg 13
43. Naval Aviation News Dec 1971 pg 5
44. Naval Aviation News Feb 1965 pg10
45. Naval Aviation News Feb 1971 pg15
46. Naval Aviation News Feb 1972 pg 13
47. Naval Aviation News Feb 1972 pg 13
48. Naval Aviation News Feb 1974 pg 12
49. Naval Aviation News Feb 1974 pg 12
50. "Disestablished Atlantic Fleet Navy Helicopter Squadrons – Naval Helicopter Association Historical Society". nhahistoricalsociety.org.
51. Naval Aviation News Nov 1974 pg 34
52. Naval Aviation News Nov 1974 pg 34
53. Naval Aviation News November–December 1989
54. Naval Aviation News Jan 1983 pg 43
55. Naval Aviation News Jan 1983 pg 43
56. Naval Aviation News march 1982 pg 7-11
57. "Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing, Atlantic – Naval Helicopter Association Historical Society". nhahistoricalsociety.org.
58. Naval Aviation News Feb 1972 pg 13
59. Naval Aviation News, March/April 1993 page 10
60. Naval Aviation News March-Apr 1993 pg 9
61. Naval Aviation News, March/April 1993 page 9
62. Naval Aviation News, March/April 1993 page 9
63. https://www.airlant.usff.navy.mil/Organization/COMPATRECONGRU/Command-History/
64. Naval Aviation News, March/April 1993 page 9
65. Naval Aviation News, March/April 1993 page 10
66. Naval Aviation News Feb 1974 pg 19
67. Naval Aviation News Sep 1973 pg 3
68. United States Naval Aviation 1910–1995 pg 297. Roy A. Grossnick, Mark Llewellyn Evans, published June 2001
69. Naval Aviation News Sep 1973 pg 3
70. Naval Aviation News May/June 1994 pg 8
71. Naval Aviation News Sep 1973 pg 3
72. Naval Aviation News July-Aug 1993 page 6
73. Naval Aviation News May/Jun 1993 pg 7
74. Naval Aviation News Sep 1973 pg 3
75. Naval Aviation News May/Jun 1994 pg 8
76. Naval Aviation News Sep 1972 page 3
77. Naval Aviation News July/Aug 1993 pg 6
78. Naval Aviation News July-Aug 1993 page 6
79. Naval Aviation News July–August 1992 pg4
80. Naval Aviation News Feb 1971 pg 15
81. Naval Aviation News Feb 1971 pg 15
82. Naval Aviation News Feb 1971 pg 15
83. Naval Aviation News Feb 1971 pg 15
84. "CFLSW". Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
85. "Helicopter Wing Reserve – Disestablished – Naval Helicopter Association Historical Society". nhahistoricalsociety.org.
86. "CFLSW". Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
87. Naval Aviation News July–August 1992 pg4
88. Naval Aviation News May/Jun 1993 pg 7
89. Naval Aviation News Jan-Feb 2005 pg6
90. "Oceana Commands". militarynews.com.
91. Naval Aviation News Sep/Oct 1997 pg22
92. Naval Aviation News July/Aug 1993 pg 6
93. Naval Aviation News May/Jun 1994 pg 8
94. Naval Aviation News May/Jun 1994 pg 9
95. https://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/commanding-officer-history-listing/usn-co-history-list/hsmwingpac/
96. https://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/commanding-officer-history-listing/usn-co-history-list/hscwinglant/
97. Naval Aviation News July-August 2005 pg50
98. https://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/commanding-officer-history-listing/usn-co-history-list/hsmwingpac/
99. Naval Aviation News July-August 2005 pg50
100. https://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/commanding-officer-history-listing/usn-co-history-list/hscwinglant/
101. Naval Aviation News Feb 1971 pg 15
102. Naval Aviation News Feb 1971 pg 15
103. "Helicopter Wing Reserve – Disestablished – Naval Helicopter Association Historical Society". nhahistoricalsociety.org.
104. "CFLSW". Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

References

• Roy A. Grossnick (ed.), United States Naval Aviation 1910–1995,