Search results
During deployments a VRC (Fleet Tactical Support Squadron) detachment provides carrier-on-board delivery and is embarked aboard the carrier but is no real part of the Air Wing. Currently, these planes are from VRC-30 (west coast) or VRC-40 (east coast).
- USS John F. Kennedy
The USS JOHN F. KENNEDY was the last conventionally-powered...
- USS John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy ' s maiden voyage, and several of her subsequent voyages, were on deployments to the Mediterranean during much of the 1970s to help deal with the steadily deteriorating situation in the Middle East.
The USS JOHN F. KENNEDY was the last conventionally-powered aircraft carrier built by the US Navy. Originally scheduled to become the fourth KITTY HAWK class carrier, the JFK received so many modifications during construction that she formed her own class.
cg 61 ddg 74 ddg 64 ddg 68 dd 981 dd 963 ffg 36 ffg 50 ssn 756 ssn 699 aoe 3
In 1983, John F. Kennedy was sent off the coast of Lebanon after the Beirut troop barracks were attacked. In 1984, she underwent another renovation. Returning in 1986, the ship was deployed to the Mediterranean again to patrol against Libya.
In July 2004, USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) collided with a dhow in the Persian Gulf, resulting in the tragic loss of all individuals on the traditional Arab sailing boat. Following the incident, the Navy relieved the commander of the Kennedy, Capt. Stephen B. Squires.
11 sty 2023 · USS John F. Kennedy (CVA-67), first in class and the last conventionally-powered aircraft carrier built for the U.S. Navy, was commissioned at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company,...
