Korea and Cold War
Carrier Air Groups typically had four fighter squadrons with 58 planes and an attack squadron of 14 planes.
- 2-3 jet fighter/fighter bomber squadrons flying the F9F Panther
- 1-2 piston fighter squadrons flying F4U Corsairs
- 1 attack squadron flying AD Skyraiders
New to the air wings in the Cold War period after Korea and just prior to Vietnam were specialized squadrons of aircraft for heavy attack/nuclear strike (VAH), photographic reconnaissance (VAP/VFP, RVAH), airborne early warning (VAW), all-weather medium attack (VA), advanced twin-seat fighters (VF), electronic countermeasures (VAQ), and helicopters (HC, HS).
Read more about this topic: List Of United States Navy Carrier Air Wings
Famous quotes containing the words cold and/or war:
“How cold the vacancy
When the phantoms are gone and the shaken realist
First sees reality. The mortal no
Has its emptiness and tragic expirations.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“The war is dreadful. It is the business of the artist to follow it home to the heart of the individual fighters—not to talk in armies and nations and numbers—but to track it home.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)