USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)

The USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) (or Big John) is a naval aircraft carrier of the United States. It entered service September 7, 1968.

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 of ordnance on Taliban and al Qaeda targets. [1]

See also

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

External Links

• U.S.S. Kennedy official homepage
• U.S.S. Kennedy - History of Service