USS Kitty Hawk

YOKOSUKA, Japan (May 15, 2007) – USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) departs Fleet Activities Yokosuka to begin carrier qualifications in the western Pacific Ocean. Kitty Hawk is the Navy’s only permanent forward-deployed aircraft carrier and operates out of Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Stephen Rowe. USS Kitty Hawk in Japan , originally uploaded by zerohour1971. From Global Security Newswire: The Japanese government is expected to publicly confirm an until-recently secret agreement that allowed U.S. military vessels and aircraft equipped with nuclear weapons to make stops at the island country, Kyodo News reported Saturday. While conducting an internal review, the ... Read Full Story

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US protest at China navy refusal The US has formally protested to China over its refusal to allow a number of US ships to dock in Hong Kong. The ships had been scheduled to dock for Thanksgiving, and hundreds of family members had flown out to greet the 8,000 sailors on board. The White House says President Bush also raised the issue with the Chinese foreign minister. China insists the incident was a misunderstanding, but US Navy officials have demanded a full explanation. The US fleet, which included the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, spent most of Thanksgiving weekend on the South China Sea ... Read Full Story

If this country ever needed a crew of loyal sailors, ready and more than willing — if not all quite as able — to take up their posts again, the former crew members of the USS Kitty Hawk would answer the call. "If they needed me, I'd be there in a second," said Dan Hemrich, of Everett, who attended a ceremony today at Bremerton Naval Station to honor the Navy's oldest active warship and its nearly five decades of service. More than 2,000 former and current crew members, their families and dignitaries gathered to bid the aircraft carrier goodbye. Read more Read Full Story

YOKOSUKA, Japan (May 15, 2007) – USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) departs Fleet Activities Yokosuka to begin carrier qualifications in the western Pacific Ocean. Kitty Hawk is the Navy’s only permanent forward-deployed aircraft carrier and operates out of Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Stephen Rowe. USS Kitty Hawk in Japan , originally uploaded by zerohour1971. Okada Orders Thorough Investigation Over Japan-U.S. Secret Pacts — Breitbart/AP New Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said early Thursday that he has ordered the ministry’s top bureaucrat to investigate the issue of alleged secret pacts between Japan and the United States, including one on the ... Read Full Story