CVW-17 consists of eight squadrons and one detachment Carrier Air Wing Seventeen ( CVW-17 ) was established on 1 November 1966 and assigned to . Although an Atlantic Fleet carrier , '' Forrestal '' s first deployment with CVW-17 was to Vietnam , from June to September 1967 . After only four days on the line with 150 sorties flown , a Zuni rocket was accidentally fired on the flight deck on the morning of 29 July 1967 . It hit the fueled and armed aircraft . In the resulting fire 134 crewmembers were killed and 62 injured . 26 aircraft were destroyed and 40 were damaged
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1967 USS Forrestal fire
Carrier Air Wing Seventeen