Selling the USS Kitty Hawk and USS John F. Kennedy like that for scrap is disgusting.
The US just practiced launching F-35s from the deck of a new Japanese aircraft carrier.... created by converting one of their helicopter carriers. Likewise, Japan has converted destroyers recently into aircraft carriers as well, retrofitting the destroyers with flattops.
The sale should be cancelled and re-direct those carriers to Japan or another friendly country for the upcoming fight with China. Those aircraft carriers are still perfectly capable of navigating waters in the South and East China Seas... stacked with F-35s or other planes/helicopters of their choosing.
“...the John F. Kennedy featured in the Gulf War....” Odd wording.
Have you ever had someone haul away an old appliance that didnt work anymore? You might have even paid them to get it out of your garage.
Lots to complain about military leadership these days. I dont see this as one of them.
IIRC, the Brits scrapped a few warships in the 1930s (due to treaty obligations??), that I imagine they would have liked to have had available just a few years later...