The greatest military prank of all timeAircrewmen, not the ones involved in the prank, are lifted from the flight deck of USS John F. Kennedy by an HH-60H "Seahawk" helicopter.
US Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Jim HampshireApart from its history-making service and features, the Kennedy also was the setting of one of the greatest military pranks of all time.
In 1986, the Kennedy was set to relieve the Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier USS America after a six-month deployment in the Mediterranean.
Brian Christoff, an aircrewman with the HS-11 helo squadron aboard USS America, shared a video of the event in a since-deleted post on Facebook in 2023.
"We were being relieved by the USS Kennedy.
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John F, Kennedy, Photographer's, Jim Hampshire, Hawk, Brian Christoff, Christoff, USS Kennedy
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HH, US Navy, Facebook, USS
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America