Carrier Air Wing Seven

To conduct carrier air warfare operations and assist in the planning, control, coordination and integration of seven air wing squadrons in support of carrier air warfare including; Interception and destruction of enemy aircraft and missiles in all-weather conditions to establish and maintain local air superiority. All-weather offensive air-to-surface attacks, Detection, localization, and destruction of enemy ships and submarines to establish and maintain local sea control. Aerial photographic, sighting, and electronic intelligence for naval and joint operations. Airborne early warning service to fleet forces and shore warning nets. Airborne electronic countermeasures. In-flight refueling operations to extend the range and the endurance of air wing aircraft and Search and rescue operations. ==Subordinate units==

CVW-7 consists of the following squadrons. ==History==

World War II to 1950 Carrier Air Wing Seven was originally established 20 July 1943 at Naval Air Station Alameda, California, as Carrier Air Group Eighteen. After an intensive training period, the air group embarked in and participated in combat operations against the Japanese during World War II. In September 1945, the air group transferred to Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island. On 15 November the Navy changed the designation scheme for its Carrier Air Groups and CVG-18 was re-designated CVAG-7. On 1 September 1948 the designation scheme was again changed and the Air Group became Carrier Air Group Seven (CVG-7) (it was the second Air Group to carry the CVG-7 designation; the first CVG-7 existed from January 1944 to July 1946). Cold War During the Korean War, the air group flew close air support strikes, attacks on industrial facilities and supply line interdiction missions from the deck of . Two deployments aboard Dwight D. Eisenhower followed in 2009 and 2010. As part of Operation Vigilant Resolve, on 28 April 2004, Carrier Air Wing Seven squadrons VFA-136, VFA-131, VF-11, and VF-143 flew combat air sorties against insurgents in Fallujah, dropping 13 GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bombs on insurgent positions, while providing combat air support to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. In April and May 2008, CVW-7's strike fighter squadrons accompanied George Washington from Norfolk, Virginia, to San Diego, California, around Cape Horn. Although formally assigned to CVW-17, the squadrons kept their "AG" tail code. On 22 May 2018, CVW-7 was assigned to . From 10 August 2022 to 23 April 2023, CVW-7 deployed with Carrier Strike Group 10 (CSG-10), aboard . USNI News reported that CSG-10 is most likely set to relieve Carrier Strike Group 8 (CSG-8) and its flagship, the with embarked Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1), in the Mediterranean Sea. ==Current force==

Fixed-wing aircraft • F/A-18E/F Super Hornet • EA-18G Growler • E-2 Hawkeye • C-2 Greyhound Rotary wing aircraft • MH-60S Seahawk • MH-60R Seahawk ==References==