USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) 1997 Cruise Sweatshirt

USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) — 1997 Mediterranean/Persian Gulf Deployment. With Bosnia stabilizing under NATO oversight, Kennedy's battle group extended its reach to the Persian Gulf, where Saddam Hussein's continued defiance of UN weapons inspectors kept tensions at a boil. Her air wing flew enforcement missions over the southern no-fly zone as the standoff over weapons inspections edged toward confrontation. From the Adriatic to the Arabian Gulf, the carrier battle group remained America's forward edge.