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From: geoffm@EBay.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller)
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Subject: Re: Anti-Balistic Missiles Now
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Date: 28 Dec 90 03:10:52 GMT
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From: geoffm@EBay.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller)


In article <1990Dec17.044148.24866@cbnews.att.com> ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Allan
Bourdius) writes:

>>Not all carriers fly the F-14

>The only US CV or CVN that doesn't carry the F-14 is the USS Midway
>(CV-41)--it's deck is too small.  Every other carrier from the USS
>Forrestall upwards, is F-14 equipped.


As I recall from newscasts during the Libya raid, the Saratoga (CV-60) also 
carries the F/A-18 instead of the F-14.  I don't know whether the Saratoga
is of the Forrestall class.  


Geoff


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