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2nd aircraft carrier set to leave the Middle East
« on: April 03, 2020, 12:06:15 pm »
2nd aircraft carrier set to leave the Middle East

The U.S. military began surging forces to the Middle East last summer after Iranian proxies attacked ships in the Persian Gulf.


By LARA SELIGMAN

04/01/2020 01:08 PM EDT

 

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is planning to leave the Middle East, marking the end of the first extended use of two carriers in the region in years amid heightened tension with Iran, two defense officials tell POLITICO.

After a rocket attack by Iran-backed Shia militia groups on a base in Iraq killed two U.S. troops in early March, U.S. Central Command chief Gen. Frank McKenzie took the unusual step of keeping two aircraft carrier strike groups in the region: the Truman, which had been scheduled to depart, and the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/01/aircraft-carrier-leaving-middle-east-159327
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