Oceana-based jets bomb insurgent targets in Iraq, Navy says By MATTHEW DOLAN, The Virginian-Pilot © July 22, 2004 Last updated: 7:46 PM Virginia Beach-based fighter jets destroyed two enemy positions in Iraq this week, the Navy announced Wednesday. The bombing runs against insurgent strongholds on Tuesday marked the John F. Kennedy’s first active engagement of enemy targets since the Mayport, Fla.-based aircraft carrier arrived in the Persian Gulf. The two fighter jets are part of Carrier Air Wing 17 , based at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach and deployed on the Kennedy. An F-14 Tomcat from the VF-103...