The air group grew significantly in the 1960s and 1970s.
The larger the air group, the more tasks it can perform.
The letters, however, still identified the carrier, not the air group.
Annual operating costs for the carrier and her air group reached €100 million.
The Japanese only had enough pilots left to form the air group for one of their light carriers.
During the war, he shot down or damaged 9 American aircraft, with his own air group scoring 29.
Let's look at the losses in the air groups.
"I have to get talking with my air group."
The Air Group was a significant power, mostly due to their surprise effect.
His air group was stationed on Tulagi, an area near to the island.
It had seen service with some of our airborne divisions.
Of those, one airborne and two seaborne divisions were British.
He worked closely with such units as the 11th, 82d, and 101st airborne divisions.
During its years of operation 54 vehicles would have been assigned to each airborne division.
The men of the airborne divisions had one other vital mission.
The following day, they requested an airborne division in addition to the earlier requests.
He would be commanding an airborne division in battle for the first time.
That's enough airlift capacity for a whole airborne division and then some.
Both airborne divisions began landing at the same time, 10:00 on 24 March 1945.
The remaining airborne division, the 6th, went to serve in Palestine.