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colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 77</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Carrier_Airborne_Early_Warning_Squadron_77_(US_Navy)_insignia,_1970.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Carrier_Airborne_Early_Warning_Squadron_77_%28US_Navy%29_insignia%2C_1970.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="160" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">VAW-77 Insignia</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">17 November 1995 – 9 March 2013</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States of America</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Commander_Tactical_Support_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander Tactical Support Wing">Commander Tactical Support Wing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Atlanta" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Air Station Atlanta">Naval Air Station Atlanta</a> (formerly)<br /><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Joint_Reserve_Base_New_Orleans" title="Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans">Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">"Nightwolves"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/War_on_drugs" title="War on drugs">War on drugs</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Aircraft flown</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Electronic_warfare" title="Electronic warfare">Electronic<br />warfare</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/E-2C_Hawkeye" class="mw-redirect" title="E-2C Hawkeye">E-2C Hawkeye</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 77 (VAW-77)</b> "Nightwolves" was an aviation unit of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Reserve" title="United States Navy Reserve">United States Navy Reserve</a> based at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Atlanta" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Air Station Atlanta">Naval Air Station Atlanta</a> from 1995-2008, then at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Joint_Reserve_Base_New_Orleans" title="Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans">Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans</a> from 2008-2013 and was routinely deployed to the United States and the Caribbean, comprising the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a>'s only fully dedicated <a href="/wiki/Counter-narcotics" class="mw-redirect" title="Counter-narcotics">counter-narcotics</a> squadron.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The squadron was under <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Support_Wing" title="Tactical Support Wing">Carrier Air Wing Reserve 20</a> also known as the Tactical Support Wing, before VAW-77 was deactivated on 31 March 2013. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Squadron_history">Squadron history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=VAW-77&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Squadron history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_110212-N-ZS026-315_An_E-2_Hawkeye_flies_over_San_Diego_Bay_during_the_Centennial_of_Naval_Aviation_Open_House_and_Parade_of_Flight.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/US_Navy_110212-N-ZS026-315_An_E-2_Hawkeye_flies_over_San_Diego_Bay_during_the_Centennial_of_Naval_Aviation_Open_House_and_Parade_of_Flight.jpg/220px-US_Navy_110212-N-ZS026-315_An_E-2_Hawkeye_flies_over_San_Diego_Bay_during_the_Centennial_of_Naval_Aviation_Open_House_and_Parade_of_Flight.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/US_Navy_110212-N-ZS026-315_An_E-2_Hawkeye_flies_over_San_Diego_Bay_during_the_Centennial_of_Naval_Aviation_Open_House_and_Parade_of_Flight.jpg/330px-US_Navy_110212-N-ZS026-315_An_E-2_Hawkeye_flies_over_San_Diego_Bay_during_the_Centennial_of_Naval_Aviation_Open_House_and_Parade_of_Flight.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/US_Navy_110212-N-ZS026-315_An_E-2_Hawkeye_flies_over_San_Diego_Bay_during_the_Centennial_of_Naval_Aviation_Open_House_and_Parade_of_Flight.jpg/440px-US_Navy_110212-N-ZS026-315_An_E-2_Hawkeye_flies_over_San_Diego_Bay_during_the_Centennial_of_Naval_Aviation_Open_House_and_Parade_of_Flight.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1637" data-file-height="1169" /></a><figcaption>A U.S. Navy Reserve E-2C Hawkeye from VAW-77 <i>Night Wolves</i> flies over <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Bay" title="San Diego Bay">San Diego Bay</a> during the Centennial of Naval Aviation Open House and Parade of Flight at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_North_Island" title="Naval Air Station North Island">NAS North Island</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>VAW-77 was created on 1 October 1995 when the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">U.S. Congress</a> created the reserve squadron as a result of the United States escalating <a href="/wiki/War_on_drugs" title="War on drugs">war on illegal drug trafficking</a>. VAW-77 received four specially modified <a href="/wiki/E-2C_Hawkeye" class="mw-redirect" title="E-2C Hawkeye">E-2C Hawkeye</a> airborne early warning aircraft optimized for counter-drug missions. As part of the Navy's <a href="/wiki/Post%E2%80%93Cold_War_era" title="Post–Cold War era">post-Cold War</a> role, VAW-77 flight crews patrolled the waters of the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> in joint missions with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a> and other drug enforcement agencies in search of illegal aircraft and ships.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=VAW-77&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>VAW-77 was established on 1 October 1995<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to replace <a href="/wiki/VAW-122" title="VAW-122">VAW-122</a> as a full time counter narcotics E-2C squadron.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 18 October 1995, VAW-77 was commissioned,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a Reserve Squadron serving with the US Coast Guard and other Federal Agencies to fight the war on drugs, providing air surveillance for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Southern_Command" title="United States Southern Command">United States Southern Command</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron worked in tandem with Coast Guard and other federal law enforcement agencies to combine and coordinate operations of counter-narcotics forces. The <a href="/wiki/E-2C_Hawkeye" class="mw-redirect" title="E-2C Hawkeye">E-2C Hawkeye</a> squadron deploys four to five times a year to bases near known <a href="/wiki/Illegal_drug_trade" title="Illegal drug trade">drug trafficking</a> routes to help identify suspected drug smugglers. The squadron spends approximately four to five months per year forward deployed to bases near illegal drug traffic lanes.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 18-19 October 1995 was also the squadrons first drill weekend, On 25 October 1995 VAW-77 initiated their first flight Commander Thomas D. Lindsey,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> LCDR Bryan Cutchen and CDR Wetzel.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>7-9 January 1996, VAW-77 participated in a missile exercise alongside <a href="/wiki/Marine_Aircraft_Group_49" title="Marine Aircraft Group 49">Marine Aircraft Group 49</a> (MAG-49).<sup id="cite_ref-:5_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 11 February 1997, VAW-77 provided SAR alert services for <a href="/wiki/STS-80" title="STS-80">STS-80</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Floyd" title="Hurricane Floyd">Hurricane Floyd</a> hit in late 1999, VAW-77 and <a href="/wiki/VAW-78" title="VAW-78">VAW-78</a> provided communication, <a href="/wiki/Command_and_control" title="Command and control">command and control</a> (C3) support to U.S. Coast Guard, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a> aircraft, and <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">C-130</a> for <a href="/wiki/Humanitarian_aid" title="Humanitarian aid">humanitarian relief</a> and <a href="/wiki/Flood" title="Flood">flood</a> evacuation operations in <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When flooding began in Virginia and North Carolina near the <a href="/wiki/Tar_River" title="Tar River">Tar River</a>, VAW-77 and VAW-78 initially supported <a href="/wiki/Search_and_rescue" title="Search and rescue">search and rescue</a> operations over the drill weekend.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1999, VAW-77 to date flown 6676.5 hours and 1755 sorties in support of counter-drug operations and directly responsible for the seizure of 20.4 metric tons of cocaine and 10.5 metric tons of marijuana enroute to the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=VAW-77&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since commissioning, the Nightwolves have completed a number of sixty-day counter-drug deployments to the Caribbean Theater. From 2000-2001, Rear Admiral Bryan Cutchen commanded VAW-77.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> VAW-77 would often deploy and perform counter-drug operations out of <a href="/wiki/Roosevelt_Roads_Naval_Station" title="Roosevelt Roads Naval Station">NS Roosevelt Roads</a><sup id="cite_ref-:4_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until the Naval Station ceased active operations in October 2003 prior to its inactivation on 31 March 2004. VAW-77 continues to operate out of <a href="/wiki/Howard_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Howard AFB">Howard AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrick AFB">Patrick AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comalapa_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Comalapa International Airport">Comalapa AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coast_Guard_Air_Station_Borinquen" title="Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen">Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manta_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Manta Air Base">Manta Air Force Base</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hato_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Hato International Airport">Hato International Airport</a>. Squadron <a href="/wiki/Aircraft" title="Aircraft">aircraft</a> have been involved in over 120 high-profile arrests and seizures of drug carrying container ships, high-speed watercraft, and light civilian aircraft. </p><p>On 1-2 October 2002. VAW-77 helped support the launch of <a href="/wiki/STS-112" title="STS-112">STS-112</a> at Patrick AFB, Florida.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Throughout 2002, VAW-77 flew 1,717 mishap free flight hours for 456 sorties. From 1995-2002, VAW-77 have flown 9,466.6 hours in 508 sorties and seizied 28 t (62,000 lb) of <a href="/wiki/Cocaine" title="Cocaine">cocaine</a> and 11.5 t (25,000 lb) of <a href="/wiki/Marijuana" class="mw-redirect" title="Marijuana">marijuana</a> enroute to the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> In 2005 the squadron participated in the federal military response to <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Katrina</a> in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:E-2C_VAW-77_taking_off_Joint_Base_Andrews_May_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/E-2C_VAW-77_taking_off_Joint_Base_Andrews_May_2010.jpg/220px-E-2C_VAW-77_taking_off_Joint_Base_Andrews_May_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/E-2C_VAW-77_taking_off_Joint_Base_Andrews_May_2010.jpg/330px-E-2C_VAW-77_taking_off_Joint_Base_Andrews_May_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/E-2C_VAW-77_taking_off_Joint_Base_Andrews_May_2010.jpg/440px-E-2C_VAW-77_taking_off_Joint_Base_Andrews_May_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1504" data-file-height="1073" /></a><figcaption>VAW-77 E-2C taking off from <a href="/wiki/Joint_Base_Andrews" title="Joint Base Andrews">Joint Base Andrews</a>, May 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2008, VAW-77 moved to its new home of NAS JRB New Orleans in response to BRAC's decision to close <a href="/wiki/General_Lucius_D._Clay_National_Guard_Center" title="General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center">Naval Air Station Atlanta</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010s">2010s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=VAW-77&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The squadron was the first U.S. Navy fixed-wing squadron to deploy to Colombia in 2011, also in 2012, it had a role in disrupting the flow of $735 million in illegal drugs into the U.S. and the arrest of 17 international <a href="/wiki/Smuggling" title="Smuggling">smugglers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because of spending cuts throughout the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a>, the unit was recommended for deactivation by the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_the_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of the Navy">Secretary of the Navy</a>. In February 2013, the Nightwolves were formally disbanded, and its crew & equipment were in the process of being redistributed throughout other naval squadrons.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> VAW-77 was deactivated on 31 March 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron's six aircraft were transferred to other carrier airborne warning squadrons and the squadron members were transfer to various other Commander Naval Air Force Reserve (CNAFR) squadrons.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Unit_citations">Unit citations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=VAW-77&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Unit citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The squadron's other awards include a <a href="/wiki/Joint_Meritorious_Unit_Award" title="Joint Meritorious Unit Award">Joint Meritorious Unit Award</a> for 1997, <a href="/wiki/Navy_Meritorious_Unit_Commendation" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation">Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coast_Guard_Meritorious_Unit_Commendation" class="mw-redirect" title="Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation">Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation</a> for 1996, two Battle "E" awards (one for 1998), the Safety "S" and numerous Bravo Zulu's and unit citations.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Amount_of_seized_drugs_enroute_to_the_United_States">Amount of seized drugs enroute to the United States</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=VAW-77&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Amount of seized drugs enroute to the United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This is a table of how many drugs was stopped by VAW-77 since 1995. Each year is the amount of drugs seized up to date at that point. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Cocaine </th> <th>Marijuana </th> <th>Ref </th></tr> <tr> <td>1997-1998 </td> <td>15.4 t (34,000 lb) </td> <td>7.2 t (16,000 lb) </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td>20.4 t (45,000 lb) </td> <td>10.5 t (23,000 lb) </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:7_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000-2001 </td> <td>28 t (62,000 lb) </td> <td>11.5 t (25,000 lb) </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td>28 t (62,000 lb) </td> <td>11.5 t (25,000 lb) </td> <td><sup 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Naval Operations">Vice Chief of Naval Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Master_Chief_Petty_Officer_of_the_Navy" title="Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy">Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_four-star_admirals" title="List of United States Navy four-star admirals">4-star admirals</a></li> <li>3-star admirals <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_vice_admirals_on_active_duty_before_1960" title="List of United States Navy vice admirals on active duty before 1960">1864–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_vice_admirals_from_2000_to_2009" title="List of United States Navy vice admirals from 2000 to 2009">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_vice_admirals_from_2010_to_2019" title="List of United States Navy vice admirals from 2010 to 2019">2010–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_vice_admirals_since_2020" title="List of United States Navy vice admirals since 2020">2020–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_rear_admirals#Department_of_the_Navy" title="List of active duty United States rear admirals">2-star admirals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Seapower_and_Projection_Forces" title="United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces">House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Seapower" title="United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower">Senate Subcommittee on Seapower</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/80px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" 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Force">Fleet Marine Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_Expeditionary_Combat_Command" title="Navy Expeditionary Combat Command">Expeditionary Combat Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine" title="United States Merchant Marine">Merchant Marine</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_units_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of units of the United States Navy">Units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of current ships of the United States Navy">Active ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Future_of_the_United_States_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Future of the United States Navy">Future ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_aircraft_wings" title="List of United States Navy aircraft wings">Aircraft wings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_aircraft_squadrons" title="List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons">Aircraft squadrons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrier_strike_group" title="Carrier strike group">Carrier strike group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_installations" title="List of United States Navy installations">Installations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Observatory" title="United States Naval Observatory">Naval Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Master_jet_base" title="Master jet base">Master jet base</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Operating<br />forces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Fleet_Forces_Command" title="United States Fleet Forces Command">Fleet Forces Command</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commander,_U.S._Fleet_Forces_Command" title="Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces 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Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Force" title="Operational Test and Evaluation Force">Operational Test and Evaluation Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Network_Warfare_Command" title="Naval Network Warfare Command">Naval Network Warfare Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Sealift_Command" title="Military Sealift Command">Military Sealift Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Shore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Sea_Systems_Command" title="Naval Sea Systems Command">Naval Sea Systems Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Systems_Command" title="Naval Air Systems Command">Naval Air Systems Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Facilities_Engineering_Systems_Command" title="Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command">Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Supply_Systems_Command" title="Naval Supply Systems Command">Naval Supply Systems Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Information_Warfare_Systems_Command" title="Naval Information Warfare Systems Command">Naval Information Warfare Systems Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Fleet_Cyber_Command" title="U.S. Fleet Cyber Command">Fleet Cyber Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">Naval Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Education_and_Training_Command" title="Naval Education and Training Command">Naval Education and Training Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Meteorology_and_Oceanography_Command" title="Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command">Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_Naval_Intelligence" title="Office of Naval Intelligence">Office of Naval Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Aviation_Warfighting_Development_Center" title="Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center">Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Legal_Service_Command" title="Naval Legal Service Command">Naval Legal Service Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Observatory" title="United States Naval Observatory">Naval Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Safety_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Safety Center">Naval Safety Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Naval_Personnel" title="Bureau of Naval Personnel">Bureau of Naval Personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Personnel" title="Chief of Naval Personnel">Chief of Naval Personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Medicine_and_Surgery" title="Bureau of Medicine and Surgery">Bureau of Medicine and Surgery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander,_Navy_Installations_Command" title="Commander, Navy 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States Navy ships: G–H">G–H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_I%E2%80%93K" title="List of United States Navy ships: I–K">I–K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_L" title="List of United States Navy ships: L">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_M" title="List of United States Navy ships: M">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_N%E2%80%93O" title="List of United States Navy ships: N–O">N–O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_P" title="List of United States Navy ships: P">P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_Q%E2%80%93R" title="List of United States Navy ships: Q–R">Q–R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_S" title="List of United States Navy ships: S">S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_T%E2%80%93V" title="List of United States Navy ships: T–V">T–V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_W%E2%80%93Z" title="List of United States Navy ships: W–Z">W–Z</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy">Aircraft carriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airships_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of airships of the United States Navy">Airships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_amphibious_warfare_ships" title="List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships">Amphibious warfare ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_auxiliaries_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy">Auxiliaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_battleships_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of battleships of the United States Navy">Battleships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cruisers_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of cruisers of the United States Navy">Cruisers</a></li> 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style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_people" title="List of United States Navy people">People</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Officers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Navy officer rank insignia">Insignia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Naval_officer_designators" title="List of United States Naval officer designators">Designators</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Enlisted</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_enlisted_rates" title="List of United States Navy enlisted rates">Rates</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ratings" title="List of United States Navy ratings">Ratings</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Navy_Enlisted_Classification" title="Navy Enlisted Classification">Classification</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Chaplain_Corps" title="United States Navy Chaplain Corps">Chaplain Corps</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy">Chief</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps">Deputy Chief</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Explosive_ordnance_disposal_(United_States_Navy)" title="Explosive ordnance disposal (United States Navy)">Explosive ordnance disposal</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Medical_Corps_(United_States_Navy)" title="Medical Corps (United States Navy)">Medical Corps</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Dental_Corps" title="United States Navy Dental Corps">Dental Corps</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Nurse_Corps" title="United States Navy Nurse Corps">Nurse Corps</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Navy_Medical_Service_Corps" title="Navy Medical Service Corps">Medical Service Corps</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Navy_Supply_Corps" title="Navy Supply Corps">Supply Corps</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Civil_Engineer_Corps" title="Civil Engineer Corps">Civil Engineer Corps</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps">JAG Corps</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General_of_the_Navy" title="Judge Advocate General of the Navy">JAG</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Judge_Advocate_General_of_the_Navy" title="Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Navy">DJAG</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Naval_Criminal_Investigative_Service" title="Naval Criminal Investigative Service">NCIS</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Boatswain%27s_mate_(United_States_Navy)" title="Boatswain's mate (United States Navy)">Boatswain's mates</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hospital_corpsman" title="Hospital corpsman">Hospital corpsman</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Aviator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Naval Aviator">Naval Aviator</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_SEALs" title="United States Navy SEALs">SEALs</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Seabee" title="Seabee">Seabees</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Master-at-arms_(United_States_Navy)" title="Master-at-arms (United States Navy)">Master-at-arms</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Operations_specialist_(United_States_Navy)" title="Operations specialist (United States Navy)">Operations specialist</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Special_warfare_combatant-craft_crewmen" title="Special warfare combatant-craft crewmen">SWCCs</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_and_Latinos_in_the_United_States_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanics and Latinos in the United States Navy">Hispanic sailors</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Recruit_Training_Command,_Great_Lakes,_Illinois" title="Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois">Recruit</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Navy)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Navy)">Officer Candidate School</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/STA-21" title="STA-21">STA-21</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Naval_Reserve_Officers_Training_Corps" title="Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps">NROTC</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Naval_University_System" title="Naval University System">Naval University System</a> (<a href="/wiki/Naval_War_College" title="Naval War College">Naval War College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naval_Postgraduate_School" title="Naval Postgraduate School">Naval Postgraduate School</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">Naval Academy</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Community_College" title="United States Naval Community College">Naval Community College</a>, <a 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reactors</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History and <br /> traditions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="History of the United States Navy">History</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Anchors_Aweigh" title="Anchors Aweigh">Anchors Aweigh</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Angels" title="Blue Angels">Blue Angels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Navy" title="Continental Navy">Continental Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ensign_of_the_United_States" title="Ensign of the United States">Ensign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Band_Activities" title="Fleet Band Activities">Fleet bands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Week" title="Fleet Week">Fleet Week</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_of_the_United_States" title="Jack of the United States">Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line-crossing_ceremony" title="Line-crossing ceremony">Line-crossing ceremony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="National Museum of the United States Navy">National Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Band" title="United States Navy Band">Navy Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Ceremonial_Guard" title="United States Navy Ceremonial Guard">Ceremonial Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Flag of the United States Navy">Navy Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eternal_Father,_Strong_to_Save" title="Eternal Father, Strong to Save">Navy Hymn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Memorial" title="United States Navy Memorial">Navy Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Navy)" title="Service number (United States Navy)">Navy service numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_Weeks" title="Navy Weeks">Navy Weeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolt_of_the_Admirals" title="Revolt of the Admirals">Revolt of the Admirals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailor%27s_Creed" title="Sailor's Creed">Sailor's Creed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">Ship commissioning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning#Ship_decommissioning" title="Ship commissioning">Ship decommissioning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_ship_naming_conventions" title="United States ship naming conventions">Ship naming conventions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tingey_House" title="Tingey House">Tingey House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Constitution" title="USS Constitution">USS <i>Constitution</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAVES" title="WAVES">WAVES</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wetting-down" title="Wetting-down">Wetting-down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_battleship_retirement_debate" title="United States battleship retirement debate">United States battleship 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<ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Category:Aircraft_squadrons_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Category:Aircraft squadrons of the United States Navy">Category:Aircraft squadrons of the United States Navy</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Electronic Attack (VAQ)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/VAQ-129" title="VAQ-129">129</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAQ-130" title="VAQ-130">130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAQ-131" title="VAQ-131">131</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAQ-132" title="VAQ-132">132</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAQ-133" title="VAQ-133">133</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAQ-134" title="VAQ-134">134</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAQ-135" title="VAQ-135">135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAQ-136" title="VAQ-136">136</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAQ-137" title="VAQ-137">137</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAQ-138" title="VAQ-138">138</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAQ-139" title="VAQ-139">139</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAQ-140" title="VAQ-140">140</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAQ-141" title="VAQ-141">141</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAQ-142" title="VAQ-142">142</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAQ-209" title="VAQ-209">209</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Carrier Airborne Early Warning (VAW)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/VAW-112" title="VAW-112">112</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAW-113" title="VAW-113">113</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAW-115" title="VAW-115">115</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAW-116" title="VAW-116">116</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAW-117" title="VAW-117">117</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAW-120" title="VAW-120">120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAW-121" title="VAW-121">121</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAW-123" title="VAW-123">123</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAW-124" title="VAW-124">124</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAW-125" title="VAW-125">125</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VAW-126" title="VAW-126">126</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Strike Fighter (VFA)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/VFA-2" title="VFA-2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-11" title="VFA-11">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-14_(U.S._Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="VFA-14 (U.S. Navy)">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-15" title="VFA-15">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-22" title="VFA-22">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-25" title="VFA-25">25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-27" title="VFA-27">27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-31" title="VFA-31">31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-32" title="VFA-32">32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-34" title="VFA-34">34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-37" title="VFA-37">37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-41" title="VFA-41">41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-81" title="VFA-81">81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-83" title="VFA-83">83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-86" title="VFA-86">86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-87" title="VFA-87">87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-94" title="VFA-94">94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-97" title="VFA-97">97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-102" title="VFA-102">102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-103" title="VFA-103">103</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-105" title="VFA-105">105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-106" title="VFA-106">106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-113" title="VFA-113">113</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-115" title="VFA-115">115</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-122" title="VFA-122">122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-125" title="VFA-125">125</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-131" title="VFA-131">131</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-136" title="VFA-136">136</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-137" title="VFA-137">137</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-143" title="VFA-143">143</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-146" title="VFA-146">146</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-147" title="VFA-147">147</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-151" title="VFA-151">151</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-154" title="VFA-154">154</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-192" title="VFA-192">192</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-195_(U.S._Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="VFA-195 (U.S. Navy)">195</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-211_(U.S._Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="VFA-211 (U.S. Navy)">211</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-213" title="VFA-213">213</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Fleet Air Reconnaissance (VQ)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/VQ-1" title="VQ-1">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Reconnaissance_Squadron_3_(United_States_Navy)" title="Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 3 (United States Navy)">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Reconnaissance_Squadron_4_(United_States_Navy)" title="Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 4 (United States Navy)">4</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=VQ-7&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="VQ-7 (page does not exist)">7</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Fleet Fighter Composite (VFC)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/VFC-12" title="VFC-12">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFC-13" title="VFC-13">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFC-111" title="VFC-111">111</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFC-204" title="VFC-204">204</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Fleet Logistics Support (VR)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Logistics_Support_Squadron_1_(VR-1)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 1 (VR-1) (page does not exist)">1</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=VR-46&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="VR-46 (page does not exist)">46</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=VR-48&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="VR-48 (page does not exist)">48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VR-51" title="VR-51">51</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=VR-52&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="VR-52 (page does not exist)">52</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=VR-53&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="VR-53 (page does not exist)">53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VR-54" title="VR-54">54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VR-55" title="VR-55">55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VR-56" title="VR-56">56</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=VR-57&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="VR-57 (page does not exist)">57</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=VR-58&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="VR-58 (page does not 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title="VRM-40">40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VRM-50" title="VRM-50">50</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Patrol</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">VP</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/VP-1" title="VP-1">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrol_Squadron_4_(United_States_Navy)" title="Patrol Squadron 4 (United States Navy)">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VP-5" title="VP-5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VP-6" title="VP-6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VP-8" title="VP-8">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VP-9" title="VP-9">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VP-10" title="VP-10">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VP-16" title="VP-16">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VP-22" title="VP-22">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VP-23" title="VP-23">23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VP-24" title="VP-24">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VP-26" title="VP-26">26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VP-30" title="VP-30">30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VP-40" title="VP-40">40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VP-41" title="VP-41">41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VP-42" title="VP-42">42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VP-43" title="VP-43">43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VP-45" title="VP-45">45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VP-46" title="VP-46">46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VP-47" title="VP-47">47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VP-60" title="VP-60">60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VP-62" title="VP-62">62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VP-64" class="mw-redirect" title="VP-64">64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VP-65" title="VP-65">65</a></li> <li><a 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