Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 11 (VAW-11), nicknamed the "Early Elevens", was an airborne early warning squadron, whose mission was to provide services to fleet forces and shore warning networks, under all weather conditions. The squadron was also responsible for combat air patrol and Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions.

Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 11 (VAW-11), nicknamed the "Early Elevens", was an airborne early warning squadron, whose mission was to provide services to fleet forces and shore warning networks, under all weather conditions. The squadron was also responsible for combat air patrol and Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions.

Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) is a United States Navy aircraft carrier air wing based at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California. The air wing is attached to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. [1]

On 6 July 1948, Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One (VAW-1) was commissioned, providing dets of 18 officers, 55 enlisted and 3-4 Avengers each. Carrier AEW had been born! VAW-1 became...

Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 11 (VAW-11), nicknamed the "Early Elevens", was an airborne early warning squadron, whose mission was to provide services to fleet forces and shore warning networks, under all weather conditions. The squadron was also responsible for combat air patrol and Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions.

Jan 21, 2018 · Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 11 (VAW-11) was an aviation unit of the United States Navy. History: 6 July 1948: established as VAW-1; September 1948: redesignated Composite Squadron 11 (VC-11); 11 July 1956: redesignated VAW-11 "Early Eleven"; 20 April 1967: redesignated VAW-111 "Hunters", renamed "Grey Berets" in 1974; 1976 ...

First VAW-11 carrier operations aboard Oriskany CVA-34 during Operation Silverlance November 1964 off S. CA coast.

A BIT OF HISTORY: "...In 1964, the Navy took delivery of the first aircraft specifically designed for AEW, the E-2A Hawkeye, 59 of which were delivered through 1967. Since that time, they have become a regular part of the fleet's defensive and offensive forces. The first Hawkeyes went to sea aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CVA 63) with VAW-11 in 1966..."

VAW-117 was the first fleet squadron to receive the HE-2K variant of the Hawkeye and also the first fleet Hawkeye squadron to receive the Cooperative Engagement Capability system (CEC). [3] In May 2005, VAW-117 deployed on USS Nimitz (CVN-68) with CVW-11 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. This was VAW-117's first deployment with the HE2K ...

VAW - Airborne Command & Control Squadrons former Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadrons were redesignated to Airborne Command and Control Squadrons in 2019 unit