USS Boxer (CV-21)
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USS Boxer was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, and the fifth ship to be named for HMS Boxer. She was launched on 14 December 1944 and christened by the daughter of a US Senator from Louisiana.
USS Boxer in 1948
Boxer is launched, 14 December 1944.
North American FJ-1 Fury launches from Boxer in March 1948, the first time an all-jet aircraft was launched from an American aircraft carrier at sea.
Boxer loads USAF F-51 Mustangs at Alameda for the Korean theater, in July 1950.
Carrier Air Wing Two
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Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) is a United States Navy aircraft carrier air wing based at Naval Air Station Lemoore. The air wing is attached to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70).
An F-4B from VF-21 as part of CVW-2 returns to the USS Midway after a combat mission over Vietnam in 1965. Pictured is CAG LSO, LCDR Vernon L. Jumper.
An F-14A Tomcat of VF-1 assigned to CVW-2 in 1986.
An A-6E SWIP Intruder of VA-145 over Somalia on 7 December 1992. This was during Operation Restore Hope.
CVW-2 aircraft on Ronald Reagan at Pearl Harbor during RIMPAC 2014.