Carrier Air Wing Fourteen
What was the official name of Carrier Air Wing Fourteen from Dec 1963 to Dec 1964?
Carrier Air Wing Fourteen Carrier Air Wing Fourteen ( CVW-14 ) , was a United States Navy aircraft carrier air wing based at Naval Air Station Lemoore , California . Mission . To conduct carrier air warfare operations and assist in the planning , control , coordination and integration of seven air wing squadrons in support of carrier air warfare including ; Interception and destruction of enemy aircraft and missiles in all-weather conditions to establish and maintain local air superiority . All-weather offensive air-to-surface attacks , Detection , localization , and destruction of enemy ships and submarines to establish and maintain local sea control . Aerial photographic , sighting , and electronic intelligence for naval and joint operations . Airborne early warning service to fleet forces and shore warning nets . Airborne electronic countermeasures . In-flight refueling operations to extend the range and the endurance of air wing aircraft and Search and rescue operations . Subordinate units . During the 2011 deployment the following squadrons were assigned to CVW-14 : There are no squadrons currently assigned to CVW-14 History . Korean War . Carrier Air Wing 14 was established at Naval Air Station Miramar , CA as Carrier Air Group 101 on 1 August 1950 to receive United States Navy Reserve squadrons which were activated for participation in the Korean War . It made its first deployment aboard USS Kearsarge . On 4 February 1952 , CVG-101 was redesignated Carrier Air Group 14 ( CVG-14 ) . Vietnam War . On 20 December 1963 all Carrier Air Groups were re-designated Carrier Air Wings and CVG-14 became Carrier Air Wing Fourteen ( CVW-14 ) . In August 1964 , while embarked aboard , CVW-14 conducted the first air strikes against North Vietnam . Subsequent combat deployments were made aboard , Constellation and . On 27 January 1973 , Air Wing 14 squadrons flew the last combat sorties of the Vietnam War . In June 1973 , CVW-14 became the first operational air wing to receive the F-14A Tomcat . In September 1974 , CVW-14 deployed aboardEnterprise for its first peacetime deployment in ten years . On 29 April 1975 , CVW-14 was again involved in Vietnam , providing support and air cover for the evacuation of U.S . personnel from South Vietnam during Operation Frequent Wind . On 30 July 1976 , CVW-14 embarked aboard Enterprise again for the first S-3A Viking Western Pacific deployment . After one more deployment on Enterprise , Carrier Air Wing 14 was reassigned to . Two U.S . Marine Corps fighter squadrons , VMFA-323 and VMFA-531 ( F-4N Phantom II ) , joined the CVW-14 team , marking the first time since World War II that two Marine fighter squadrons comprised the fighter arm of a Navy Air Wing . CVW-14 embarked on Coral Sea in November 1979 en route to the Western Pacific and a continuous 102-day at-sea period on Gonzo Station in the North Arabian Sea . CVW-14 made two more deployments on Coral Sea . Gulf War . While en route to the island of Diego Garcia , CVW-14 and were diverted to the North Arabian Sea in support of Operation Desert Shield . Independence arrived on station on 6 August 1990 as part of the United States Central Command buildup . On 5 August 1991 , CVW-14 embarked aboard Independence and commenced transit to Pearl Harbor for swap-out with . The CVW-14 staff cross-decked to Midway in Pearl Harbor 24 August . VF-21 , VF-154 , and VS-21 were detached from CVW-14 but remained on board Independence as part of the CVW-5 organizational structure . CVW-14 , then embarked on Midway and returned to San Diego , marking Midways last operational underway period prior to being decommissioned from active fleet service . On 17 February 1994 , CVW-14 embarked aboard for another WESTPAC deployment , returning 15 August 1994 . In May 1996 , the air wing deployed again for another WESTPAC on Carl Vinson . During this deployment , the Carl Vinson Task Group took part in Operation Southern Watch and Operation Desert Strike in which USN and USAF forces conducted Tomahawk Land Attack Missile ( TLAM ) and Conventional Air-Launched Cruise Missile ( CALCM ) strikes against Iraq in response to Baghdads invasion of Kurdish-held territory in Northern Iraq . CVW-14 escorted B-52 aircraft in support of their CALCM strikes and subsequently flew numerous sorties to enforce the newly expanded No-Fly Zone to 33 degrees north latitude . The Task Group departed the Fifth Fleet operations area on 8 October and returned to San Diego on 12 November 1996 . On 11 June 1998 , CVW-14 moved from NAS Miramar , San Diego , to Naval Air Station Lemoore and deployed on for WESTPAC 98 where it participated in Operation Southern Watch and Maritime Interdiction Operations in the Persian Gulf . CVW-14 returned to NAS Lemoore on 7 December 1998 . While deployed aboard Abraham Lincoln in May and June , CVW-14 participated to the Hawaiian operating area in Rim of the Pacific exercise ( RIMPAC ) . In August 2000 , CVW-14 deployed on WESTPAC 2000 during which the air wing executed over 1,400 combat sorties over Iraq in support of Operation Southern Watch . CVW-14 returned to Lemoore on 8 February 2001 . Global War on Terror . In December 2001 , CVW-14 participated in Operation Northern Edge off the coast of southern Alaska , honing their skills in final preparations for the 2002–2003 deployment . CVW-14 deployed aboard USS Abraham Lincoln again on 22 July 2002 , supporting both on Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq . This marked the first carrier deployment for the multi-mission F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet . In the first 17 days of Operation Iraqi Freedom , CVW-14 aircraft dropped more than 1.3 million pounds of ordnance in support of the war . Prior to returning home , President George W . Bush made his historic landing on the deck of Abraham Lincoln in a S-3 piloted by CVW-14s own VS-35 Blue Wolves . This marked the first time a sitting president landed on a carrier in a fixed-wing aircraft and the first time a United States Navy aircraft radio callsign was changed to Navy One . CVW-14 returned home 6 May 2003 after nearly 10 months on deployment , the longest for a carrier in three decades . Only one month after returning , CVW-14 transferred to , and on 26 October 2003 returned to sea in preparation for WESTPAC 2004 . CVW-14 was the first air wing to integrate into the new Fleet Readiness Training Program ( FRTP ) cycle and completed a successful Composite Training Unit Exercise , Air Wing Fallon detachment and , ultimately , Joint Task Force Exercise . After only a 14-month turnaround , CVW-14 deployed on board John C . Stennis in support of Northern Edge , RIMPAC 2004 and Joint Air and Sea Exercises during their WESTPAC 2004 deployment . WESTPAC 2004 also marked the final F-14 cruise for a west coast air wing and included the final TARPS mission flown by the F-14 community . In February 2005 , CVW-14 transferred again , this time to . In January 2006 , the CVW-14/Ronald Reagan team departed for her maiden deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and maritime security operations in the Persian Gulf . CVW-14 squadrons VFA-22 , VFA-25 , VFA-113 , and VFA-115 were the first to deploy with F/A-18 Hornet strike fighters equipped with the Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver ( ROVER ) system that allows ground forces , such as Joint terminal attack controllers ( JTAC ) , to see what an aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle ( UAV ) is seeing in real time by receiving images acquired by the aircrafts sensors on a laptop on the ground via video transfer with little time delay . ROVER greatly improves the JTAC on the ground reconnaissance and target identification which are essential to close air support . From 19–23 June 2006 the Carrier Strike Group Seven , with the air wing embarked aboard Ronald Reagan , took part in Exercise Valiant Shield 2006 , held in the Guam operating area . Carrier Air Wing Fourteen provided a wide variety of capabilities during Valiant Shield 2006 . Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 139 ( VAQ-139 ) flew Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler equipped with state-of-the-art Improved Capability Version III technology . Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 113 ( VAW-113 ) provided command-and-control capability with its E-2C Hawkeye 2000 aircraft . Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4 ( HS-4 ) was one of four helicopter squadrons that operated 24 SH-60F and SH-60H Seahawk helicopters used to protect the carrier task force against an underwater force consisting of five submarines . In early 2007 , CVW-14 embarked on a surge-deployment to the Pacific Ocean , and on 18 May 2008 , the carrier and its strike group departed Naval Air Station North Island for a scheduled deployment to an undisclosed location . On 28 May 2009 , Carrier Air Wing 14 deployed aboard Ronald Reagan to the 7th and 5th Fleet Areas of Responsibility . One highlight of the 2011 WESTPAC deployment occurred on 18 April 2011 when Captain Kevin Nix Mannix made his 1,000th arrested landing when he landed his F/A-18F Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron 154 on the flight deck of Ronald Reagan . Captain Mannix was the deputy commander of Carrier Air Wing 14 . Mannix noted the occasion by noting : Mannixs first arrested landing occurred on board the training aircraft carrier on 6 December 1987 . Deactivation . Originally , it was planned to deactivate CVW-14 in 2012 . However , the U.S . Navy directed Pacific Fleet and Naval Air Forces to stop and reverse the deactivation process for Carrier Air Wing 14 in a memo dated 20 March 2012 . Due to budget restrictions , CVW-14 has been in a state of reduced manning since 2013 . In 2016 , the Navy included the deactivation of one of its ten carrier air wings in its FY17 budget submission . The 2017 National Defense Authorization Act ( NDAA ) , drafted in 2016 , authorized the Navy to reduce to 9 the minimum number of CVWs until additional deployable CVNs can fully support a 10th CVW , or 1 October 2025 , whichever comes first , at which time the Secretary of the Navy shall maintain a minimum of 10 CVWs . CVW-14 was deactivated effective 31 March 2017 .