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So you Want to build the Carrier JFK!!
The
JFK was a Kitty Hawk Class Carrier.
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| The JFK's
Island is different! |
This is the
Island on the Kitty Hawk |
The JFK's stacks are canted starboard not
like the Kitty Hawk.
JFK is a Kitty Hawk Class but!!!!
A624 - $Gone- 16" long. We have one kit!
We also have Vietnam Era aircraft call us.
Sorry GONE
This Kit of the JFK comes in a box mislabeled
the Kitty Hawk. When you buy this kit you get
the JFK Island, kit & decals to make it
into the JFK.
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My friends this kit is out of production, but let me tell you how to
get Revell/Monogram to make the kit.
They used
to make the kit# 3007-0300.
Call them on the phone tell them you served on the ship.
1-800-833-3570 and
Corporate -1-847-758-3200
Tell them that there were thousands of sailors that served on this
ship that they want to build a model of their ship. Call Today!
If they have any questions call me
The Captain.
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How do we know the kit
exist look below!
not really the Kitty Hawk but the
JFK.
Once you find the kit
call us for decals & Vietnam Aircraft.
Super detailed Island
built by Jon Iverson from steelnavy.com.
USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)
- The keel for United States Ship John F. Kennedy was
laid on October 22, 1964 at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock
Company in Virginia. Christened on May 27, 1967 by President Kennedy's
9-year-old daughter, Caroline, JFK entered active service on September 7,
1968.
- When JFK was commissioned, she recived the
designation CVA-67*. This designation remained until the early 1970's when
her classifcation was changed to CV 67, indicating the JFK was capable of
supporting anti-submarine warfare aircraft, making JFK an all purpose,
multi-mission carrier.
- It was also during the early 70's that JFK made a
number of deployments to the Mediterranean Sea. It was on the fourth of
these cruises that JFK made her first port visit to a North Atlantic port,
Edinburgh, Scotland.
- During 1978 JFK logged 12,438 arrested landings and
31,568 flight hours. The Kennedy then entered a year-long major overhaul
period. In 1981 JFK made her first deployment to the Indian Ocean. While on
this cruise JFK served as the first United States ship to be visited by a
Somali head of state, transited the Suez Canal, and logged it's 150,000th
arrested landing.
- Due to the growing crisis in Beirut, JFK was called
upon in 1983 to support US operations in the area. During the one year
period that the Kennedy spent in and out of the Beirut Theater of
Operations, JFK earned her 9th Battle "E" efficiency award.
- After spending the winter of 1984 in drydock at
Norfolk Naval Shipyard, JFK served as the centerpiece of a vast
international armada for the Naval Review held in honor of the 100th
Anniversary and Rededication of the Statue of Liberty during July of 1986.
Shortly thereafter, JFK departed once again for the familiar waters of the
Mediterranean, returning in the spring of 1987.
- On January 4, 1989 while conducting routine flight
operations in international waters on her 12th Mediterranean cruise, F-14's
assigned to the Kennedy shot down two Libyan Mig-23's that were
approaching the battle group in a hostile manner. JFK returned home to
Norfork, Virginia in the spring of 1989 for a short industrial period.
- In mid 1990, JFK paid a visit to New York City for
Fleet Week '90 and was in Boston for the fourth of July. Then in early
Augut, JFK deployed for the Red Sea to support Operation Desert Shield.
- JFK arrived in the Red Sea in September 1990 and was
chosen as the flagship of the Commander, Red Sea Battle Force. On January
16, 1991, aircraft from the embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing THREE (CVW
3), began Operation Desert Storm as part of a multi-nation coalition to
drive Iraq out of neighboring Kuwait. Throughout the war, aircraft from JFK
flew 2,895 sorties and 114 strikes delivering over 3.5 million pounds of
ordnance over 11,263 combat hours.
- Following the cease fire, JFK passed through the
Suez Canal for the fourth time in seven months and began her journey home.
When JFK arrived in Norfolk, VA on March 28, 1991, her crew was witness to
the greatest homecoming celebration and outpouring of public support since
World War II.
- JFK then spent the next four months in the Norfolk
Naval Shipyard where extensive repairs and maintenance on engineering and
flight deck systems made the Kennedy ready to handle the F/A-18 Hornet
to replace the aging A-7E Corsair II's that had flown off the
Kennedy's deck during her last deployment.
- The JFK's next deployment, from Oct. 7, 1992 until
April 7, 1993 was her 14th to the Mediterranean Sea. This cruise was marked
by the developing turmoil in the former Yugoslavia. Throught the deployment,
JFK hosted many visitors, both in port and at sea, and conducted numerous
joint exercises with armed forces from Mediterranean littoral nations and
spent most of her time in the Adriatic Sea. JFK passed another milestone by
logging her 250,000th arrested landing on December 8, 1992.
- Upon returning from the Med, JFK entered the
Philadelphia Naval shipyard for a two-year comprehensive overhaul. JFK
completed this overhaul on September 13, 1995 and began her journey to her
new homeport at Naval Station Mayport in Mayport, FL.
- JFK's latest deployment was from April 1997 to
October 1997 and marked her 15th major deployment to the Mediterranean.
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