Newly establishing air groups were assigned to corresponding CVs (CVG-10 to CV 10, CVG-11 to CV 11 etc.). It was designated with the designation 'CVG' meaning 'Carrier Air Group' followed by the number 9 (CVG-9) meaning 'Carrier Air Group NINE'. In March 1942 an air group was established for the soon to be commissioned USS Essex (CV 9). With the massive buildup of Aircraft Carriers and Carrier Air Groups in 19, a new Carrier Air Group designation scheme was adopted which dropped the name of the Aircraft Carrier to which the Air Group was assigned in favor of a numbering system.

WWII Carrier Air Groups (CVG, CVBG, CVLG, CVEG) Yorktown Air Group officially established, disestablished after the loss of USS Yorktown in the Battle of Midway.Д®stablished 1 July 1938 to fly from USS Enterprise (CV-6), disestablished after USS Enterprise was damaged during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons and entered Pearl Harbor naval shipyard for repairs.Д®stablished to fly from USS Wasp (CV-7), disestablished after the loss of USS Wasp during the Guadalcanal Campaign.Д®stablished to fly from USS Hornet (CV-8), disestablished after the loss of USS Hornet in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Squadrons operating from USS Yorktown (CV-5) from Jan 1938 informally called 'Yorktown Air Group'. See CVW-1 in the 'Currently Active Wings' section. See CVW-3 in the 'Currently Active Wings' section. Lexington Air Group officially established, disestablished after the loss of USS Lexington in the battle of the Battle of the Coral Sea. Squadrons operating from USS Lexington (CV-2) beginning Aug 1927 informally called 'Lexington Air Group'. Squadrons operating from USS Langley (CV-1) from Jan 1923 to June 1936 informally called 'Langley Air Group'. 'Ship Named Air Group' names in use prior to Oct 1943 (informally used prior to 1 July 1938)

Air Groups were permanently assigned to a specific Aircraft Carrier and carried that Aircraft Carrier's name (Lexington Air Group, Saratoga Air Group etc.) 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'. This section contains tables of disestablished Carrier Air Groups (Ship Named Groups, CVG, CVAG, CVBG, CVLG, CVEG, CVSG), Air Task Groups (ATG) and Carrier Air Wings (CVW).ДЄircraft 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'. Prior to that date 'Carrier Air Wings' were titled 'Carrier Air Groups'. The 'Carrier Air Wing (CVW)' designation was first used on 20 December 1963. Tail codes with a first letter 'A' denote Atlantic Fleet airwings, while 'N' denotes Pacific Fleet airwings. Carrier Air Wings were titled Carrier Air Groups (CVG, CVAG or CVBG) prior to Д®stablished as CVW-17 on (established as an Atlantic Fleet air wing (AA) and transferred to the Pacific Fleet (NA) in 2012) On 20 December 1963 all Carrier Air Groups which were then in existence were redesignated Carrier Air Wings (CVW).Д¬arrier Air Wings of the United States Navy. Two of those Carrier Air Groups are still active today as Carrier Air Wings ONE and THREE. See Carrier air wing Currently Active Carrier Air Wings Д¬arrier 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.

3.1 Currently Active Training Air Wings.

2.2 Disestablished Type and Functional Wings.

2.1 Currently Active Type and Functional Wings.

1.2.6 Antisubmarine Carrier Air Groups (CVSG).

1.2.3 Post WWII Carrier Air Groups (CVAG), (CVBG), (CVLG), (CVEG).

1.2.2 WWII Carrier Air Groups (CVG, CVBG, CVLG, CVEG).

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