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This is from Wikipedia, so take it with a grain of salt, but CVA-01 was planned to have an air wing of up to 50 aircraft, only 36 of which were "tactical" aircraft (Phantoms and Buccaneers). That would have made her the most powerful non-US carrier in the world. But even the Essex class would go to sea with bigger air wings (up to 70 total aircraft with 60 of them being fighter or attack crates). The Midway class would carry roughly the same number of aircraft as an Essex, but they had more capable types (Phantoms instead of Crusaders, swap an Intruder squadron for a Corsair squadron). Compared to a full up super carrier? Not even close. For reference, during her 69-70 Med cruise, Forrestal went to sea with 2xVF squadrons, 3xVA squadrons, 1xVAH squadron, and 1xRVAH squadron. She also carried a squadron of Hawkeyes and in a a first for an attack carrier, a squadron is SH-3 ASW helicopters.

<blockquote data-quote="SSgtC" data-source="post: 540487" data-attributes="member: 21522"><p>This is from Wikipedia, so take it with a grain of salt, but CVA-01 was planned to have an air wing of up to 50 aircraft, only 36 of which were &quot;tactical&quot; aircraft (Phantoms and Buccaneers). That would have made her the most powerful non-US carrier in the world. But even the Essex class would go to sea with bigger air wings (up to 70 total aircraft with 60 of them being fighter or attack crates). The Midway class would carry roughly the same number of aircraft as an Essex, but they had more capable types (Phantoms instead of Crusaders, swap an Intruder squadron for a Corsair squadron). Compared to a full up super carrier? Not even close. For reference, during her 69-70 Med cruise, Forrestal went to sea with 2xVF squadrons, 3xVA squadrons, 1xVAH squadron, and 1xRVAH squadron. She also carried a squadron of Hawkeyes and in a a first for an attack carrier, a squadron is SH-3 ASW helicopters.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="SSgtC, post: 540487, member: 21522"] This is from Wikipedia, so take it with a grain of salt, but CVA-01 was planned to have an air wing of up to 50 aircraft, only 36 of which were "tactical" aircraft (Phantoms and Buccaneers). That would have made her the most powerful non-US carrier in the world. But even the Essex class would go to sea with bigger air wings (up to 70 total aircraft with 60 of them being fighter or attack crates). The Midway class would carry roughly the same number of aircraft as an Essex, but they had more capable types (Phantoms instead of Crusaders, swap an Intruder squadron for a Corsair squadron). Compared to a full up super carrier? Not even close. For reference, during her 69-70 Med cruise, Forrestal went to sea with 2xVF squadrons, 3xVA squadrons, 1xVAH squadron, and 1xRVAH squadron. She also carried a squadron of Hawkeyes and in a a first for an attack carrier, a squadron is SH-3 ASW helicopters. [/QUOTE]

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