3 carriers operating in Middle East for first time in decades

The U.S. military said on Friday that three aircraft carriers are operating in the Middle East, for the first time in over two decades, as the U.S. enforces its naval blockade against Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. 

The three aircraft carriers – USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Gerald R. Ford and USS George H.W. Bush – along with their carrier air wings, provide more than 200 aircraft at the Pentagon’s disposal, along with more than 15,000 sailors and Marines. 

The swelling of U.S. firepower in the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) comes as President Trump on Thursday declined to provide a timeline when the war with Iran might end and days after indefinitely extending a ceasefire with Tehran. 

But if Trump gives the greenlights to the Pentagon to unleash attacks on Iran, the warships, carrying F-35s fighter jets, EA-18G Growler electronic warfare........

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