U.S. Navy Aircraft

WINGS AVIATION aims to describe all the planes, helicopters, blimps and drones of the U.S. Navy. Beginning with the fragile Curtiss biplane, up to the carrier-based drones of Lockheed and Northrop-Grumman.

U.S. Navy Squadrons

The history of the different Naval Squadrons is noted here in as much details as possible. The emphasis here is on the planes and their applications. To complete our archives and information we would look forward to receive some further details by our readers, especially veterans.

Carrier Wings

  With the deactivation of Carrier Air Wing 14, the U.S. Navy has now only 9 carrier groups left. This was different during the Cold War and the Second World War. Around 50 carrier groups were involved during the Pacific War and the Cold War. The carriers and carrier groups were and still are the spearhead of all US Forces. At this point we report on their much different composition.   

U. S. Naval Air Reserve

The "Weekend Warrior" were the mainstay of the U.S. Navy during the Korean War and made ​​a not to be forgotten proportion of the Cold War. Today, the U.S. Naval Reserve has only a handful of Squadrons that are only supportive. Naval Reserve illuminates the history of this Navy in the Navy.