Carrier Air Wing Fifteen
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Carrier Air Wing Fifteen is a former United States Navy aircraft carrier air wing that was decommissioned on 31 March 1995. It was previously known as Carrier Air Group Fifteen before 1963 before bein
CVW-15 aircraft at NAS Alameda in 1974. USS Coral Sea is in the background.
Two F-14A Tomcats of VF-111 during operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) in 1987. Note the lighter camouflage of the F-14A with number 200 which wears the tail code "NG" of CVW-9 and the name of CVW-9's (then) parent carrier, USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). The rudders, however, show the markings of VF-111. The use of false air wing tail codes was an operational deception (OPDEC) measure taken during this CVW-15 deployment to confuse Soviet naval and air forces.
1994 Yellow Sea incident
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The 1994 Yellow Sea incident was a maritime incident that occurred from 27 to 29 October 1994 between the United States Navy's Kitty Hawk carrier battle group and the Chinese Navy in the Yellow Sea. T
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…July, of which were designed to attack American Carrier Battlegroups. The Oscar II Submarine was most likely the K-442 of the Russian Pacific Fleet. The tracking of the Han class Submarine however led to standoff that almost resulted in a fire being exchanged between US and Chinese naval forces…
A Han-class submarine in 1993