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 F-35C Lightning II, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VMFA) 314, 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 Seaman Apprentice Mario Castro Gamez 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 June 7, 2024 shows Aviation Boatwain’s Mate (Handiling) 2nd Class Aaron Goodwin, from Anaheim, Calif., directs an F-35C Lightning II, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VMFA) 314, on 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 Seaman Apprentice Mario Castro Gamez via ABACAPRESS.COM

(SP)JAPAN-SAITAMA-FIGURE SKATING-CHAMPIONSHIPS-PAIRS SHORT PROGRAM

(SP)JAPAN-SAITAMA-FIGURE SKATING-CHAMPIONSHIPS-PAIRS SHORT PROGRAM

(230322) -- SAITAMA, March 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Isabella Gamez (R)/Aleksander Korovin of the Phillipines perform during the pairs short program at the ISU Wrold Figure Skating Championships held at Saitama Super Area in Saitama, Japan, March 22, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

Todaka wins WBA interim bantamweight title

Todaka wins WBA interim bantamweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Former WBA super flyweight champion Hideki Todaka rejoices after winning a spilt decision over fifth-ranked Leo Gamez of Venezuela for the WBA interim bantamweight title. Todaka lost the title to Gamez in October 2000.

Kobayashi wins WBA super flyweight crown by TKO

Kobayashi wins WBA super flyweight crown by TKO

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Shoji ''Celes'' Kobayashi floors champion Leo Gamez with a left hook in the 10th round of their scheduled 12-rounder at Yokohama Arena on March 11 to steal the World Boxing Association super flyweight title from the veteran Venezuelan by technical knockout.

Challenger Gamez takes WBA super flyweight title from Todaka

Challenger Gamez takes WBA super flyweight title from Todaka

NAGOYA, Japan - Hideki Todaka (L) crumples to the canvas at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on Oct. 9 as top-ranked challenger Leo Gamez of Venezuela took the World Boxing Association (WBA) super flyweight title by knockout at 2:13 of the seventh round. Gamez won his fourth world championship crown to add to titles previously won at minimumweight, light flyweight and flyweight.

Finlandia Trophy Espoo - ISU Challenger Series figure skating competition

Finlandia Trophy Espoo - ISU Challenger Series figure skating competition

Isabella Gamez and Aleksandr Korovin of the Philippines perform during the pairs' short program of the Finlandia Trophy Espoo international figure skating competition in Espoo, Finland, on October 6, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Kobayashi wins WBA super flyweight crown by TKO

Kobayashi wins WBA super flyweight crown by TKO

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Shoji ''Celes'' Kobayashi floors champion Leo Gamez with a left hook in the 10th round of their scheduled 12-rounder at Yokohama Arena on March 11 to steal the World Boxing Association super flyweight title from the veteran Venezuelan by technical knockout.

Todaka wins WBA interim bantamweight title

Todaka wins WBA interim bantamweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Former WBA super flyweight champion Hideki Todaka rejoices after winning a spilt decision over fifth-ranked Leo Gamez of Venezuela for the WBA interim bantamweight title. Todaka lost the title to Gamez in October 2000. (Kyodo)

Challenger Gamez takes WBA super flyweight title from Todaka

Challenger Gamez takes WBA super flyweight title from Todaka

NAGOYA, Japan - Hideki Todaka (L) crumples to the canvas at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on Oct. 9 as top-ranked challenger Leo Gamez of Venezuela took the World Boxing Association (WBA) super flyweight title by knockout at 2:13 of the seventh round. Gamez won his fourth world championship crown to add to titles previously won at minimumweight, light flyweight and flyweight.