Sunday, December 31, 2023

Report Says USS Gerald R. Ford To Leave The Eastern Mediterranean In The 'Coming Days'

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).

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Two lost hot wars started under Biden going into election year. No wonder they are taking Trump off the Ballot. I give it a 50/50 that it will be overturned by the Supreme Court. They too are very compromised.

Anonymous said...

If SCOTUS rules that way look out.

Anonymous said...

Either it's realized that Israel has essentially won it's war or the US realizes it's lost it's war.

Anonymous said...

the usual crap comments posted aboive

Pulling one of the two carriers out signifies that Hezbollah is much less likely a threat to widen the war in the area.

Anonymous said...

Who made YOU the judge of commentary?