On Thursday, January 16, the American Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) began its final journey.

Old soldiers (and old sailors for that matter) may fade away, but modern warships meet a crueler fate: they head to the scrap yard and are "broken up" after their years of service. It begins with a ...

Comprised of the first-in-class Kitty Hawk, USS Constellation ... and then across the Gulf of Mexico. The next JFK The Kennedy namesake will live on in the future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft ...

Following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the USS JFK was used in a number of operations during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It was later used as a training platform before being ...

On a cold, dreary Thursday in Philadelphia, a smattering of people came to the waterfront to see the former Kitty Hawk class aircraft carrier U.S.S. John F. Kennedy (CV-67) begin its final journey.

After USS Kitty Hawk was retired in 2009, a veterans’ association raised $5 million to see the warship preserved as a floating museum. However, the U.S. Navy deep-sixed the plan, ­and both CV ...