Commander, Air Group, or CAG, refers to the senior officer responsible for air operations aboard an Two aircraft carriers, USS (left), and HMS anchors outside Portsmouth, England, while her crew enjoy a port visit. An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft. Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power great distances without having to depend... aircraft carrier of the The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. The U.S. Navy consists of slightly fewer than 300 ships and over 4,000 operational aircraft. It has over a half million men and women on active or ready reserve duty... U.S. Navy. The term traces its origins to 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-May January 3 - The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. January 11 - Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank. January 20 - Wedding of King... 1938 when the first A Carrier Air Group is the allocation of aircraft aboard an aircraft carrier. Aboard US Navy carriers, a carrier has a set air group, usually consisting of three squadrons of F/A-18 Hornets, one squadron of F-14 Tomcats, one squadron of S-3 Vikings, one flight of E... Carrier Air Group was formed. Air Groups were redesignated as Carrier Air Wings, or CVWs in the 1970s - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE55Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE60Fixes.css; /**/ 1970s From Wikipedia Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Events and trends Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of... 1970s, but the head of the air wing is still referred to as the CAG.