The Navy's Multimission Carrier Airwing: Can the Mission Be Accomplished With Fewer Resources?

By the early 1980's, the Navy will have changed over to a multimission carrier concept for 12 of its 13 authorized aircraft carriers. In the past, aircraft carriers were classified as being either attack carriers or antisubmarine carriers, and each type had its own respective airwing configuration which was specialized to meet the needs of that particular type of carrier.