The bios of the veterans who took part in Honor Flights 60 and 61 this past Saturday, May 17, are listed below.

Commissioned in 1957, the USS Ranger (CVA 61) was active from the Vietnam War to Operation Desert Storm. The Ranger was decommissioned in 1993 in PSNS. It served as a retention asset for ...

ISL previously dismantled the former USS Constellation (CV-64), USS Ranger (CV-61) and the former USS Independence (CV-62), and is in the running for the Navy contract to salvage the former USS ...

ISL previously dismantled the former USS Ranger (CV-61) and the former USS Independence (CV-62), and is in the running for the Navy contract to salvage the former USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the ...

serving on the USS Sperry AS – 12 and the USS ranger CV – 61, eventually earning the rank of Chief(E-7). After retiring from the Navy, Chief returned to North East and worked with Master ...

The USS Langley (CV-1) remained in service for 29 years before it was sunk in 1942. Meanwhile, the USS Ranger (CV-4) only served for 12 years before it was decommissioned. That said, The creation ...

The USS Constellation (CV-64) was a Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier that entered into active service on Oct. 27, 1961. The carrier had a hard road to completion, losing 50 personnel when a fire ...

Summary and Key Points: The USS Ranger (CV-61), a Forrestal-class aircraft carrier, had an impressive service history from 1957 to 1993. An evolution from the Essex class, the Forrestal class ...

and Patricia Kennedy Howard. Al was a 1977graduate of Conrad High School, then proudly served on the USS Ranger CV-61. While in the Navy he was awarded 3 Ribbons, 2 Medals of distinction and 1 ...

He deployed with his squadrons aboard four different ships: USS RANGER (CV-61), USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62), USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63), & USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). He’s a veteran of the First Gulf ...

ISL has also dismantled the former USS Ranger (CV-61), which arrived here in July 2015, and the former USS Independence (CV-62), which came in June 2017. ISL received the former USS Kitty Hawk (CV ...

Fore River Shipyard constructed the first aircraft carrier for the U.S. Navy, the USS Lexington (CV-2). The shipyard would go on to build submarines, battleships, and aircraft carriers for the ...