USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier refuels from the underway replenishment oiler USNS Laramie in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, October 11, 2023. (US Navy photo via AP)
ABC News: Exclusive: US to bring back aircraft carrier from eastern Mediterranean
The USS Gerald R. Ford will leave “in coming days,” two U.S. officials say.
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group will leave the eastern Mediterranean Sea, where it was sent just after the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October, in the “coming days,” two U.S. officials tell ABC News.
The Ford is the U.S. Navy’s newest and largest aircraft carrier and was nearing the end of its first operational deployment when it was redirected to the eastern Mediterranean the day after Hamas terrorists launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7.
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Update #1: US said set to pull one of its aircraft carriers away from Middle East (Times of Israel)
Update #2: USS Gerald R. Ford to Leave the Eastern Mediterranean, ABC Says (Bloomberg)
WNU Editor: This contradicts earlier reports that said the Ford’s deployment was extended …. USS Ford to remain in the Mediterranean Sea amid Israel-Hamas war (Navy Times/AP).
Source: Report Says USS Gerald R. Ford To Leave The Eastern Mediterranean In The ‘Coming Days’
Category: U.S. navy
