CV-67, USS John F. Kennedy was named for the 35th President of theUnited States. She was number 4 in the Kitty Hawk Class of Aircraft Carriers. She was also the last of the conventionally powered aircraft carriers although she was originally intended to be nuclear powered. CV-67 differed from other’Kitty Hawk’ class carriers with a modified outward inclined funnels and being 17 feet shorter. CV-67 USS JFK Kennedy was commissioned in Sept 7th, 1968 and was stationed in theMediterranean Sea. The’Big John’ saw combat during the Lebanon crisis in 1983 and her F-14 engaged and successfully shot down 2 Libyan MiG-23s. She sSaw combat again in 1991 during’Operation Desert Storm’ with 114 airstrikes and 2,900 sorties against Iraq. After serving the country for over, 30 years, USS John F, Kennedy decommissioned in Mayport, Flordia. This finely detailed plastic model kit requires assembly and painting. This item is in the category “Toys & Hobbies\Models & Kits\Boats & Ships”. The seller is “history_store” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Brand: Trumpeter
- Type: Model Ship Kit
- Scale: 1:72
- Item Weight: 3.000000
- MPN: 6716