USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)

The USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) (or Big John) is a naval supercarrier of the United States. It entered service September 7, 1968. The John F. Kennedy is a modification of the earlier Kitty Hawk class aircraft carriers, and they are sometimes considered a single class.

In January 1991, during Desert Storm, the ship launched nearly 2,900 sorties against Iraq. From February to June, 2002 warplanes from the ship dropped more than 64,000 pounds (29 t) of ordnance on Taliban and al Qaeda targets. [1]

In 2001, John F. Kennedy was found to be severely deficient in most respects, especially those relating to air group operations, during a pre-deployment trial; most problematic, two catapults and three aircraft elevators were non-functional during inspection, and two boilers would not light.

See also

• Gulf of Sidra incident (1989) in which two F-14 Tomcats from the Kennedy shot down two Libyan MiG-23 Flogger Es.

• U.S.S. John F. Kennedy official homepage