THE WET BOYS
"WE DON'T SPECULATE.
WE EXECUTE THINGS."
A digital carrier air wing. A military thriller universe. One community flying both.
SO WHAT EXACTLY
ARE THE WET BOYS?
This is what happens when Top Gun is merged with Sons of Anarchy.
The Wet Boys started the way most questionable ideas do, with a group of friends, an unhealthy obsession with military aviation, and way too many hours flying together in DCS.
What began as a virtual squadron quickly became its own culture. Callsigns were earned. Rivalries formed. Traditions appeared out of nowhere. Inside jokes became doctrine. Nobody could leave well enough alone. Before long, simply flying fighter jets together wasn't enough. The Wet Boys needed their own squadrons, their own patches, their own aircraft, their own carrier, and eventually, their own universe.
That universe became Carrier Air Wing Zero, CVW-0, the most unconventional collection of aviators ever assembled aboard the fictional USS Leviathan, CVN-00.
Think fighter-pilot swagger, outlaw-club loyalty, military dark humor, ridiculous amounts of horsepower, and a group of people who would absolutely fly through hell for one another, while making fun of each other the entire way there.
Today, the Wet Boys has grown far beyond the original DCS group. It's a living military-aviation universe that exists simultaneously as four things: a real digital air wing, a military thriller novel series, an ever-expanding collection of original aviation art and design, and a community where you can actually become part of it.
You can read the stories. Fly the missions. Join the squadrons. Meet the characters. Collect the patches. Download the liveries. Listen to the music. Explore the Leviathan. Or just stand back and watch this increasingly elaborate bad idea continue to get completely out of hand.
Somewhere along the way, a group of guys playing a flight simulator accidentally started building their own military aviation universe.
Welcome to the Wet Boys.
The Tide Takes All.
A DCS Air Wing
Fly coordinated multiplayer missions using aircraft from across DCS.
A Fictional Universe
CVW-0 operates from the classified aircraft carrier USS Leviathan.
A Book Series
The novels tell the fictional operations of the air wing.
A Creative Project
Liveries, patches, art, screenshots, music and video expand the universe.
PARTNERS & SPONSORS
DEEP SCYTHE
A WET BOYS THRILLER
Book One of the Wet Boys Series is out now — in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audiobook.
What if Joint Special Operations Command had its own aircraft carrier, and its own air wing built entirely off the record? Deep Scythe follows the rise of Carrier Air Wing Zero: resurrected jets pulled from the boneyard, retired legends given one more callsign, and a handful of pilots too reckless for the modern military. Their aircraft wear no nation's markings. Their orders come with a built-in expiration date. This is the story of how they became impossible to ignore.
“Fridge and Wilbor are going to conduct the loudest silent assault these radar towers have ever seen. Their job is to blind the eyes and break the ears.” — Col. Pete Donnelly
SEE IT FOR YOURSELF
MEET CVW-0
"DEEP SCYTHE"
Strike fighters, electronic attack, deep-strike ground pounders, airborne command and control, fleet defense interceptors and recovery assets — every capability needed to execute a full-spectrum operation without leaving a fingerprint.
Deep Scythe
The off-the-books air wing embarked aboard USS Leviathan.
Wet Death
The strike-fighter backbone of CVW-0.
Swipers
The invisible hand. Silent, calculated, already inside.
Wet Iron
The old guard. Standoff intercept and top cover.
Wet Venom
Speed, aggression, and surgical entry.
Abyss Hogs
Nobody flies lower. Nobody hits harder.
Witchglass
The battlefield's invisible conductor.
Wet Bandits
Insertion and recovery where the jets can't land.
Revenants
Keeps the wing supplied, fueled, and moving.
Missing Junk
Where 404: Pilot Not Found becomes mission-ready.
THERE IS A FLIGHT
THIS SATURDAY.
The board updates live for the whole air wing. Report for flight operations, pick your slot, and you're on the schedule.
USS LEVIATHAN
The Ship That Doesn't Exist
She carries no nation's flag on official records, moves without escort when the mission demands it, and has never officially been where she's been. Every squadron in CVW-0 calls her home.
Enter The Ship →ENTER THE STORY
In the shadows of a second Cold War, one man asked for the unthinkable: his own carrier, his own squadrons, and a war fought entirely off the books. This is the untold story of Carrier Air Wing Zero.
FROM DCS TO FICTION
Fly it. Write it. Live it again. Every real sortie feeds the fictional universe, and every fictional mission gets flown for real.
Fly It. Write It. Live It Again.
THE VISUAL ARCHIVE
THINK YOU BELONG HERE?
No ego. No gatekeeping. Just people who love aviation, love the sim, and want to get better together.