List of United States Navy aircraft wings

This is a list of United States Navy aircraft wings. The U.S. Navy operates different types of aircraft wings. Carrier Air Wings are operational units made up of squadrons of different types of aircraft and which deploy aboard aircraft carriers. Type Wings are wings of a single type/model or type/model/series aircraft which do not deploy, they are "force providers" providing combat ready squadrons to deploying Carrier Air Wings and other Navy or joint forces. Functional wings are land based wings operating squadrons which execute functions such as Fleet Logistics Support, Patrol and Reconnaissance or Strategic Communications. Lastly, the Navy operates Training Air Wings which train Student Naval Aviators and Student Naval Flight Officers leading to their qualification as winged aviators.

Prior to 1963 Carrier Air Wings were titled Carrier Air Groups, therefore this list also includes "Air Groups".

See Carrier air wing

Type Wings are non-deploying "force provider" wings which supply combat ready VFA, VAQ, VAW, HSC or HSM squadrons or Fleet Logistics Support (VRC) detachments to Carrier Air Wings, or combat ready VAQ, VP, HM, HSC, HSM squadrons or detachments for "expeditionary" land based or shipboard detachment deployments. Functional Wings operate land based aircraft such as those of Fleet Logistics Support, Patrol and Reconnaissance or Strategic Communications Squadrons.

Type and Functional Wings are not assigned Tail Codes except for the Navy Reserve's Tactical Support Wing which retains the code "AF" from its former existence as Carrier Air Wing Reserve TWENTY. Type Wing squadrons which deploy as a part of a Carrier Air Wing wear the tail code of that Carrier Air Wing. Type Wing squadrons which do not deploy as part of a Carrier Air Wing and Functional Wing squadrons are all assigned tail codes unique to each squadron. See U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft Tail Codes.

There have been numerous Type and Functional Wings throughout the history of the U. S. Navy. Type and Functional Wings have been established, disestablished or re-designated as the Navy has acquired different aircraft through the years. The list below is a list of the Type and Functional Wings which are currently active as of January 2017.

United States Navy Reserve Air Wings

See Naval Air Training Command

United States Navy Reserve Air Wings

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