As its precessor of the second world war, it was also called the’Big E’. The Enterprise had a Crew of 4.600 persons and was commissioned on 25. In October 1962 it was sent into its first international crisis. After the discovery, that the Sowjets were building nuclear rocketlaunchers in Cuba, President John F. During its third stationing the flight operator was part of the Sea Orbit operation. This operation was the first nuclear driven Task Force, and with the Cruisers Long Beach and Bainbridge, the convoy circumnavigated the world. In November 1965 the Big E was transperred to the Pacific Seventh Fleet, which put it from the NAS Alameda California to the home porting. March 1974 the first Tomcats departed and landed on the aircraft carrier. In September of the same year, the Enterprise was the first aircraft carrier that was used for the new fighter aircrafts in the seventh mission in the west pacific (WESTPAC). In October 2001 the United States launched air strikes against Al Qaida trainingcamps and Taliban military bases in Afghanistan. These actions intended to stop the use of Afghanistan as a base for terroristic operations and to weaken the military capabilities of the Taliban regime. Within three weeks, almost 700 missiles were launched over Afghanistan by aircrafts of the Enterprise. From September 2003 to February 2004, the role of the Enterprise was to continously support the operation Iraqi Freedom. December 2012, the Enterprise was inactivated at the Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia. Metal & Synthetic Construction. Lift & Lower Guns. Width: 12.7 cm. Height: 11.4 cm. Weight: 0,70 kg. The item “1700 USS Enterprise CVN-65 Aircraft Carrier Model with Display Stand” is in sale since Friday, May 29, 2020. This item is in the category “Toys & Hobbies\Models & Kits\Military\Sea”. The seller is “za-empire” and is located in Bell, California. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Turks and caicos islands, Bangladesh, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Nicaragua, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Viet nam, Uruguay, Russian federation, South africa, Colombia, Antigua and barbuda, Saint lucia, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman islands, Sri lanka, Maldives, Oman, Reunion.
- Scale: 1:700
- MPN: 861007A
- Brand: Forces of valor
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