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 | | John F. Kennedy (CVA-67) anchored off Corfu, Greece, on 6 July 1969, with CVW-1, (tail code AB), arrayed on deck: A-4Cs of VA-81, VA-83, and VA-95, RA-5Cs from RVAH-14, E-1Bs of VAW-121 Detachment 67, F-4Bs of VF-14 and VF-32, and KA-3Bs from VAH 10, Detachment 67. |
 | | The evolution was designed to test the carrier’s close air support capability, but also provided the ship an opportunity to test the CV concept, as she operated continuously for 253 hours in an air, surface and sub-surface threat environment, recording 961 arrested landings. |
 | | Without benefit of a coordination and workup period, units of the two carrier battle groups, British forces, and USAF assets rendezvoused in a hostile electronic warfare environment and successfully encountered a complex, sophisticated and numerically superior exercise adversary, proving the concept of long-range force defense for protracted periods. |
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