Carrier Air Wing FIVE.
These pictures are of Carrier Air Wing Five, deployed on both the ex-USS INDEPENDENCE and now on the USS KITTY HAWK. Carrier Air Wing Five consists of three F-18 Hornet Squadrons, one F-14 Tomcat squadron, one EA-6B Prowler squadron, one E-2 Hawkeye squadron, one C-2 Greyhound squadron, one S-3 Viking squadron, one ES-3B squadron, and one HH-60/SH-60 squadron. When in port in Japan, the squadron flies off to Atsugi NAF and conducts their business there.
An F-18 flies in for a landing on board the USS KITTY HAWK at dusk.
The CAG airwing flying in front of Mt Fuji, Japan. I actually climbed this mountain, made it all the way up. I'll never do it again though.
The F-14 Tomcats of the VF-154 Black Knights. Click on the thumbmnails to view.
Presenting the F-18 Hornets of VFA-27, VFA-192, and VFA-195, our three F-18 squadons on board.
The E-2C Hawkeyes of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron VAW-115.
The EA-6B Prowlers of VAQ-136.
The SH-60 and HH-60 Seahawks of HS-14.
The S-3 Vikings of VS-21, our submarine killers.
And last but not least: the now decommisioned EAGLES of VA-115. They were decommissioned early in 96. An all-weather bomber, they flew missions from Vietnam to Desert Storm.
(the SLAM missle the A-6's carried during Desert Storm.)
The last flight of the Intruder.
Ever wonder what happened to those Intruders? Some of them went to artificial reefs, others to museums.
