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Carrier Air Wing Sixteen
Active
1 September 1960 – 30 June 1971 (As CVW-16)
Country
United States
Branch
United States Navy
Type
Carrier air wing
Engagements
Vietnam War
Military unit
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 USS Oriskany from 1962 (as a CVG) to 1968, including the heavy losses of the 1967-68 cruise.[1]
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