Carrier Air Wing Seventeen

Carrier Air Wing Seventeen
Active1 November 1966 – Present
Country United States
Branch United States Navy
TypeCarrier Air Wing
Part ofCarrier Strike Group 11
Garrison/HQNAS Lemoore
USS Nimitz
Tail CodeNA
EngagementsVietnam War
Operation Desert Shield
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Inherent Resolve
Commanders
CommanderCAPT Christopher Hurst
Deputy CommanderCAPT James M. Kinter
Command Master ChiefCMDCM. Randall T. Bonine

Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17), is a United States Navy aircraft carrier air wing based at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California. The air wing is attached to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.[1]

  1. ^ "COMCARAIRWING SEVENTEEN: Our Squadrons". US Navy. U.S. Navy, COMCARAIRWING SEVENTEEN. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.