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Carrier Air Wing Five, Atsugi Japan

Carrier Air Wing Five, Atsugi Japan poster art.

Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) is an Navy air wing based out of Japan. Carrier Air Wing FIVE – the nation’s only “911” air wing – is a critical combat strike element of Battle Force Seventh Fleet, the only forward-deployed carrier strike group in the U.S. NavyCVW-5 is a United States Navy aircraft carrier air wing based at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan. The air wing is attached to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington. It was initially formed in 1943. It has participated in the Second World War, the Korean War, the Gulf War, Operation Southern Watch, the War in Afghanistan, and the War in Iraq. CVW-5 consists of 9 Squadrons: VFA-27, VFA-102, VFA-115, VFA-195, VAW-115, VAQ-141, VRC-30, HSC-12 and HSM-77.

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