Originally Posted by
Asturias56
Ken, I think using the term "Air Wing" in the USN sense is a major (but understandable) mistake - these are not Nimitz's or Fords - but more mobile platforms with a variable role.
Which begs a third question. If the various aviation assets (aircraft, aircraft operators, aircraft maintainers, aircraft deck crew, etc etc) aboard the UK carriers are not called an air wing, what are they called?