#USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)

[lonestarbattleship]

USS DETROIT (AOE-4) is flanked by USS SAN JACINTO (CG-56), left, and USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) as the ships conduct an underway replenishment during Operation Desert Storm in the Red Sea.

Photographed by PH3 Falkenhainer on February 1, 1991.

NARA: 6467907

[oh-great-authoress]

US Navy: Semper Fortis; Non sibi sed patria; strength, power and dominance on the seas

Also the US Navy:

[judgemark45]

USS Truckee (AO-147) refuels USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and USS Thomas C. Hart (FF-1092) in the Mediterranean Sea on 14 August 1975 USNNAM

[captain-price-unofficially]

U.S. Navy Crash and salvage team members, don protective suits during a fire drill in the hanger bay aboard USS John F. Kennedy, (CV-67) 29 October 2003

[usafphantom2]

A Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat over the desert while on combat patrol off the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) during Operation Desert Storm. usn

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[bignaz8]

USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) with 19 F-14 Tomcats on deck

[ultrajaphunter]

USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) (formerly CVA-67), the only ship of her class, is an aircraft carrier, formerly of the United States Navy. Considered a supercarrier, she is a variant of the Kitty Hawk class, and the last conventionally-powered carrier built for the Navy, as all carriers since have had nuclear propulsion.

— in Los Angeles, CA, United States.

[proud-spaniard]

1280x853 Aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) in 1986

[nicholassabalos]

.... D a n g e r   Z o n e ....

An iconic F-14B Tomcat fighter jet awaits the first launch of the day aboard now-decommissioned United States Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) in January 2000 -- 20 years ago.

(For anyone over about about age 40, can’t you just hear the strains of “Danger Zone” running through your head when you see this photo?!)

(Remember F-14 pilot Tom Cruise in the movie “Top Gun”?!)

                                                   F-14 Tomcat

The F-14 was decommissioned from U.S. Navy service in 2006....and USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) was retired in 2007.

(OK....so this is a #ThrowbackThursday entry!)

(If your under 40....here’s what us less-young folk are talking about....)

                  Danger Zone

          Revvin' up your engine           Listen to her howlin' roar           Metal under tension           Beggin' you to touch and go

          Highway to the danger zone           Ride into the danger zone

          Headin' into twilight           Spreadin' out her wings tonight           She got you jumpin' off the deck           And shovin' into overdrive

          Highway to the danger zone           I'll take you           Ridin' into the danger zone

          You'll never say hello to you           Until you get it on the red line overload           You'll never know what you can do           Until you get it up as high as you can go

          Out along the edges           Always where I burn to be           The further on the edge           The hotter the intensity

          Highway to the danger zone           Gonna take you           Right into the danger zone

                                          -- as sung in 1986 by Kenny Loggins (1948 ~ )

                                     ___________________________

>>PS -- The next USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) is in the late stages of construction....should be commissioned in later 2020....and is expected to join the active Fleet in a couple of years....laden with state-of-the-art jet fighters.

                          Now-retired USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67).

[lonestarbattleship]

Battleship NEW JERSEY entering former Philadelphia Navy Yard and passing ex-USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67).

Date: March 20, 2024

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[nocternalrandomness]

Carrier Wing Commanders A-7E Corsair II (VA-72 / CVW-3) embarked  on USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) - 1991

[judgemark45]

(9/10/1996) USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) Underway during carrier airwing qualifications in the Northern Puerto Rican Operations Area,. Photographed by PH2c Scott A. Moak, USN. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, NHHC

[captain-price-unofficially]

A VF-32 F-14A Tomcat over the desert while on combat patrol off the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) during Operation Desert Storm. 1991

[usafphantom2]

F-14A Tomcat (VF-11 / CVW-3) embarked on USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) fires an AIM-54 Phoenix missile - 1982

[planesawesome]

An F-14A Tomcat assigned to the VF-32 Swordmen off  USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) picture in flight carrying AIM-54 Phoenix missiles