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to: CHRISTOPHER TARANA
from: MARK FOSTER
date: 1997-07-22 22:50:00
subject: Aircraft Carriers Circa 1950

  
 CT> Right, and so were the A-7 Corsair and the F-7 Crusader.  I've
 Yeeek.. Crusaders are a tad old?
 CT> been able to find out the principle classes of carrier after the war
 CT> were the Forrestal class, the Midway class and the Enterprise class. 
 CT> What I'm looking for is what types of aircraft were assigned to each
 CT> class and how many?  For example a modern day carriers have air wings
 CT> comprising the following aircraft:
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 CT> This list is only typical, and may change due to operational
 CT> requirements, and aircraft phase-out, but it's typical of what I'm
 Hmmmmm..... not quite accurate but pretty damned close ;)  Umm
 everythings gone to the F-18 Hornet now, and all classes carry at least
 one C-2 Greyhound as far as i'm aware... or I thought so anyway.
 More often than not its a land-to-ship hop theyre doing not viceversa.
 CT> looking for for the Post WWII - Pre Viet Nam war Carriers like
 CT> the Forrestal, Midway and Enterprise classes.  I also understand there
 CT> was another class of carrier after the war, nicknamed the C-F(?) class
 CT> that might have been a WWII carrier with an add-on angled flight deck,
 CT> but I still don't have a positive reference on that class yet.  Hope
 CT> this sheds some light on what I was looking for.  Thanks for the
 CT> input.
 I must remember to look on the internet.. I used to have material on
 carriers but its walked on me :(
 
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