Carrier Air Wings

[Hatchet]

Having tried to hijack the German Carrier thread, and not wanting to do the same on the Italian one, I thought I'd start a thread for Carrier Wings in general.

I'll go first then :

Nimitz Class Air Wing, USN 2000
24 F-14D Tomcat
12 A-7J SuperCorsair
16 A-4J Skyhawk III
16 A-8D Buccaneer
5 EA-8B Buccaneer
5 E-2C Hawkeye
8 S-3B Viking
6 SH-60F Seahawk

[Damian2]

How about a wing from a smaller, escort/expiditionary carrier?

Maybe a mix like this:

12 A-7J Corsair III's ( hope you don't mind the re-designation there)
16 A-4J Skyhawk III's
4 E-2C's
2 C-2C's (for COD work)
8 S-3B's
4 SH-60F's

[Shasper]

USS Alan Shepard CVN-79 2007 Maiden Voyage w/ Air Wing 6

20 F/A-14E/F Strikecats
10 R/F-111S (final cruise)
36 F-18C/D+
16 EV/SV/CV/PV-22
8 SH/MH-60


Did I miss anything? This is all the frontline stuff, I'll get around to the Reserves later.


Shas B)  

[Matt Wiser]

My take: as someone who wanted originally to be an A-6 B/N, I'm partial to the
Intruder, so here goes:

USN Air Wing 2006:

24 F-14D
24 F/A-18E
14 A-6F
10 S-3B+
5 EA-6B ADVCAP (to be replaced by F/A-18G)
5 E-2C  Hawkeye 2000
8/4 SH-60F/HH-60H (to be replaced by SV/HV-22)
4 RF-18E
2 ES-3A

[SebastianP]

Carrier Air Wing, Pacific Fringe Alliance Musashi-class, 2029 (outbreak of Holiday Islands war)

32 QF-2001 Ghost I UCAVs (Macross Zero)
12 FRX-00 "Mave" air superiority fighters (Sentou Yousei Yukikaze)
24 F-35C JSF Block 40
4 Supersylph photographic/electronic intelligence aircraft (Sentou Yousei Yukikaze)
4 EH-101 Merlin ASW helicopters

Carrier Air Wing, USN Essex-class, 1996 (Operation Blind Justice, Gulf of Mexico)

8 AH-64A Apache (USMC)
24 F/A-18C/D Hornet
4 SH-60F Oceanhawk
4 HH-60H Seahawk

Carrier Air Wing, USN Nimitz-class, 2004 (Operation Enduring Freedom, Iraq)

24 F/A-14D Super Tomcat
24 F/A-18C Hornet
12 A-12A Avenger II
12 Common Support Aircraft (AWACS, EW, ELINT and COD versions)
12 Seahawk

Carrier Air Wing, Red Banner Fleet Ulyanovsk-class, 2001

24 Su-27K Flanker D
36 MiG-29K Fulcrum
~20 Ka-26/Ka-27 ASW and AEW helicopters

SP

[anthonyp]

Let's move this to the "Alternate History" forum, where we don't have to be bothered with pics of new, wonderful models