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Originally Posted by Fred Brackin
Definitely not in historical use and not currently to my understanding either.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_air_wing
The CAG is one level above squadron command. A USN carrier will contain multiple squadrons, basically one for each aircraft type (or possibly mission) and the CAG oversees all of them. He is the head of the carrier's entire aviation department.
At the dawn of WWII the CAG was expected to personally lead all major strike missions, co-ordinating the carriers three squadrons: fighters, torpedo bombers and dive bombers. Collectively these made up the "Air Group" which was the thing the CAG was "Commander" of. |
Okay, so I misused a term of a higher rank, since that carrier only had a couple dozen fighters total, all of the same type.