Military ❯ Naval Operations ❯ Aircraft Carriers ❯ USS Gerald R. Ford

Deployment Strategies

U.S. Sends USS Gerald R. Ford to Join USS Abraham Lincoln in Two-Carrier Show of Force Toward Iran

The deployment is pitched as leverage for ongoing nuclear talks with Tehran.

U.S. Sends Second Carrier to Middle East as Trump Confirms Ford’s Redeployment

Reports Point to USS Abraham Lincoln Heading Toward Middle East as Carrier Gap Persists

U.S. Says Two Pacific Strikes Killed Six in Expanding Drug-Boat Campaign

U.S. Says New Pacific Strike Kills Four, 14th Attack in Maritime Campaign

U.S. Escalates Venezuela Operation With Destroyer in Trinidad and Carrier En Route