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U.S. Navy sends second aircraft carrier to Persian Gulf region

It was announced this morning that the U.S. Navy is deploying a second aircraft carrier to Persian Gulf amid rising tensions with Iran. USS Enterprise (CVN 65) and her strike group will join USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), marking one of the few times that the Navy has had more than one carrier in the waters near the Gulf.

The deployment of the second aircraft carrier is “routine and not specific to any threat,” said Cmdr. Amy Derrick-Frost of the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet.

April 09, 2012

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