When the Kennedy was set to relieve the Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier USS America in 1986, aviators aboard the America dropped off an unusual payload on the new arrivals: three greased pigs dyed ...

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND (ValleyCentral) — Seventeen days after leaving the Philadelphia Naval Yard, the former USS JFK (CV-67 ... I retired on New Year’s Eve and have been thinking about my ...

A composite image shows the decommissioned aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy, left, next to a photo illustration of the future Ford-class supercarrier bearing the same name.Joshua Karsten/US Navy ...

The USS JFK left the Navy’s Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility on Jan. 16 to reach its final destination at the Port of Brownsville. Commissioned in 1968, the aircraft carrier went on 18 ...

Comprised of the first-in-class Kitty Hawk, USS Constellation, USS America, and the Kennedy, the vessels were the last group of carriers to be powered by fossil fuels, which were replaced by the ...

The retired USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier will embark on its final voyage Thursday morning after spending nearly two decades docked in Philadelphia. The retired Navy carrier is set to ...