<p>Drawing of an emblem of the U.S. Navy Carrier Air Group 18 (CVG-18). CVG-18 was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS <i>Leyte</i> (CV-32) for her shakedown cruise to the Caribbean from 16 September to 12 December 1946.<br></p>
CVG-18 had been established on 20 July 1943 and was redesignated CVAG-7 on 15 November 1946. As of 2016, it is still active as Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW-7).
Dick Broderick, U.S. Navy
1946
U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv32-46/163.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv32-46/index_017.htm">USS <i>Leyte</i> (CV-32) 1946 cruise book</a> available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html">Navysite.de</a>