The United States is expected to deploy a third aircraft carrier to the Middle East, Fox News reported, as the USS George H.W. Bush completed its pre-deployment training on Thursday.
The US Naval Institute reported that the carrier, its escort warships and its air wing had completed the composite training unit exercise that all carrier strike groups must finish before being certified for national missions.
Fox News said the strike group “is expected to deploy soon” toward the eastern Mediterranean, where the USS Gerald R. Ford — the world’s largest aircraft carrier — was recently stationed. The Gerald R. Ford was spotted passing through the Suez Canal on Thursday and is now in the Red Sea, according to photographs released by the US military.
The USS Abraham Lincoln remains positioned in the Arabian Sea, conducting strikes against Iran as part of the ongoing conflict.
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