Unit Name: | Carrier Air Wing Sixteen |
Dates: | 1 September 1960 – 30 June 1971 (As CVW-16) |
Country: | United States |
Branch: | United States Navy |
Type: | Carrier air wing |
Battles: | Vietnam War |
Carrier Air Wing Sixteen was a carrier air wing of the United States Navy. It was established as Carrier Air Group Sixteen on 1 September 1960. It became Carrier Air Wing Sixteen on 20 December 1963, and was disestablished in 1971. The wing served aboard from 1962 (as a CVG) to 1968, including the heavy losses of the 1967-68 cruise.[1]