US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout file photo dated June 7, 2024 shows an EA-18G Growler, assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 133, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Pacific Ocean. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Valerie Morrison via ABACAPRESS.COM

US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout file photo dated May 27, 2024 shows an EA-18G Growler, assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 133, prepares to launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Pacific Ocean. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael J. Cintron via ABACAPRESS.COM

U.S. Naval Power On Display In Mediterranean Sea

U.S. Naval Power On Display In Mediterranean Sea

Handout photo dated November 1, 2023 shows sailors assigned to the "Gray Wolves" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 142 equip an E/A-18G Growler with missiles on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) while conducting routine operations in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The Pentagon has deployed two aircraft carriers, and their supporting ships, to the eastern Mediterranean since the attacks on Israel. The ships are meant as a deterrent to ensure the conflict does not expand, but bring a significant amount of power to a region that already hosts a number of U.S. military ships, planes and troops. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Triniti Lersch via ABACAPRESS.COM

US To Send 2nd Aircraft Carrier To Eastern Mediterranean

US To Send 2nd Aircraft Carrier To Eastern Mediterranean

Handout photo dated April 11, 2016 shows Chief Warrant Officer 3 Hector Arroyo signals to an E/A-18G Growler assigned to the Zappers of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Atlantic Ocean. 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 3rd Class J. Alexander Delgado via ABACAPRESS.COM

US Sending Largest Warship To Middle East

US Sending Largest Warship To Middle East

Handout photo dated Septemnr 8, 2023 of an E/A-18G Growler attached to the "Gray Wolves" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 142 launches from the flight deck of the world’s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) in the Adriatic Sea. The U.S. carrier strike group sent toward Israel as a deterrent measure against hostile regional groups arrived Tuesday afternoon, the Pentagon announced. The USS Gerald R. Ford, an aircraft carrier, and its accompanying ships were operating in the Mediterranean when the Biden administration directed them toward the Middle East shortly after Hamas attacked Israel on Saturday. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nolan Pennington via ABACAPRESS.COM

CANADA-ABBOTSFORD-2023 ABBOTSFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW

CANADA-ABBOTSFORD-2023 ABBOTSFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW

(230813) -- ABBOTSFORD, Aug. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Navy E/A-18G Growler aircrafts make an aerial demonstration during the 2023 Abbotsford International Airshow in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, on Aug. 12, 2023. As one of the biggest airshows in Canada, the 2023 Abbotsford International Airshow takes place here from Aug. 11 to Aug. 13. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

Exercise Talisman Sabre Under Way In Australia

Exercise Talisman Sabre Under Way In Australia

Handout photo dated July 28, 2023 shows A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) E-7A Wedgetail, Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft, a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor, two RAAF F-35B Lightning II aircraft, two RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornets, U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet, U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet, RAAF EA-18G Growler and a U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler fly in formation over the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in support of Talisman Sabre 23, in the Indian Ocean. Large wargames between the USA, Australia and eleven partner nations kicked off on July 21, the largest ever in the history of Exercise Talisman Sabre. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Caroline H. Lui via ABACAPRESS.COM

Exercise Talisman Sabre Under Way In Australia

Exercise Talisman Sabre Under Way In Australia

Handout photo dated July 28, 2023 shows A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft, a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor, two RAAF F-35B Lightning II aircraft, two RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornets, U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet, U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet, RAAF EA-18G Growler and a U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler fly in formation over the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in support of Talisman Sabre 23, in the Indian Ocean, July 28, 2023. Large wargames between the USA, Australia and eleven partner nations kicked off on July 21, the largest ever in the history of Exercise Talisman Sabre. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Caroline H. Lui via ABACAPRESS.COM

USS Gerald R. Ford The Lead Ship Of Her Class Of US Navy Aircraft Carriers

USS Gerald R. Ford The Lead Ship Of Her Class Of US Navy Aircraft Carriers

Handout photo dated April 11, 2022 shows sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 stand watch on the landing safety officer platform while an E/A-18G Growler attached to the "Grey Wolves" of Electronic Attack (VAQ) Squadron 142 approaches the flight deck in the Atlantic Ocean. USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is the lead ship of her class of United States Navy aircraft carriers. The ship is named after the 38th President of the United States, Gerald Ford, whose World War II naval service included combat duty aboard the light aircraft carrier Monterey in the Pacific Theater. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jackson Adkins via ABACAPRESS.COM

U.S. electronic warfare aircraft

U.S. electronic warfare aircraft

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The U.S. Navy in Japan unveils to the press one of its EA-18G carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft at Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture on March 24, 2012.

U.S. electronic warfare aircraft

U.S. electronic warfare aircraft

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The U.S. Navy in Japan unveils to the press one of its EA-18G carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft at Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture on March 24, 2012. (Kyodo)