US To Send 2nd Aircraft Carrier To Eastern Mediterranean

US To Send 2nd Aircraft Carrier To Eastern Mediterranean

Handout photo dated December 19, 2012 shows the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) makes its approach pierside at Naval Station Norfolk. The Pentagon has ordered a second carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean Sea and is sending Air Force fighter jets to the region as Israel prepares to expand its Gaza operations, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement Saturday. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Walter via ABACAPRESS.COM

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