Description
Carrier Air Wing ONE (CVW-1) has been established on 1 July 1938. Since its establishment, CVW-1 has served aboard twenty different aircraft carriers, made 42 major deployments, and had a majority of the East Coast squadrons as members of the Navy’s “First and Foremost.” CVW-1 was originally the “Ranger Air Group”, serving aboard USS Ranger during the early years of carrier aviation. This book illustrates the history of the history of Carrier Air Group ONE (CVG-1) and later Carrier Air Wing ONE, between 1934 and 1957.
