the continuous commitments that the government keeps getting into meant that she had to stay an active carrier, regardless of how broken down she was.And she's our only conventionally-powered carrier, so when there's Pacific problems she's our only carrier who can put into port in Japan.
Sucks, doesn't it? Looks like somebody in the Klink Admin would have figured that out and scheduled her for the three year refit.
We need Subic Bay back, bad.
You incorrect there. The Kitty Hawk and Constellation are both west coast carriers and both are conventional carriers. The JFK is the only conventional east coast carrier. As for Subic, it's gone for good. The base was dismantled and turned into a container port or something. It would cost billions to recreate it.