Carrier Air Wing 21 (CARAIRWING TWENTY ONE)

CVW-21

 

CVW-21 carrier air wing twenty one patch crest insignia

CVW-21 carrier air wing twenty one aboard USS Hancock CVA-19

aircraft of CVW-21 aboard USS Hancock (CVA 19) - 1972

 

STATUS:

established December 20, 1963 (redesignated from CVG-21)

disestablished December 12, 1975

tailcode: NP

 

Squadrons

 

 

history

 

Deployments:

 

USS Hancock (CVA 19) / October 1964 - May 1965 (Vietnam War)

USS Hancock (CVA 19) / December 1965 - August 1966 (Vietnam War)

 

USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA 31) / January 1967 - August 1967 (Vietnam War)

 

USS Hancock (CVA 19) / July 1968 - March 1969 (Vietnam War)

USS Hancock (CVA 19) / August 1969 - April 1970 (Vietnam War)

USS Hancock (CVA 19) / October 1970 - June 1971 (Vietnam War)

USS Hancock (CVA 19) / January 1972 - October 1972 (Vietnam War)

USS Hancock (CVA 19) / May 1973 - January 1974 (Vietnam War)

USS Hancock (CVA 19) / March 1975 - October 1975 (Pacific)

 

 

images

 

CVW-21 carrier air wing twenty one aboard USS Hancock CVA-19

aircraft of CVW-21 aboard USS Hancock (CVA 19) - May 21, 1972

 

CVW-21 carrier air wing twenty one aboard USS Bon Homme Richard CVA-31

aircraft of CVW-21 aboard USS Bon Homme Richard - 1967

 

CVW-21 carrier air wing twenty one aboard USS Hancock CVA-19

aircraft of CVW-21 aboard USS Hancock (CVA 19) - 1968/69

 

 

patches

 

 

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