Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and its escorts are operating in the Atlantic Ocean as they sail to U.S. Central Command amid tensions with Iran, USNI News has learned.  Gerald R. Ford and its escorts are crossing the Atlantic and heading for the Strait of Gibraltar,

The U.S. Navy’s newest supercarrier is heading back towards the Middle East having already been recalled across the Atlantic to station off Venezuela. Already in its eighth month at sea, this new assignment – which will require the third Atlantic transit of its current deployment – in the midst of heightened tensions between the U.

These preparations are happening alongside diplomatic talks, with the White House keeping all options on the table should diplomacy over Tehran's nuclear program fail.

This post has been updated to include details of the 2020 Nimitz Strike Group deployment. Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), its escorts and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 have been tasked from their current position in the Caribbean to the Middle East to support a U.

The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford has been ordered to sail from the Caribbean Sea to the Middle East.

The world's largest and most expensive aircraft carrier has arrived in the Caribbean. U.S. Southern Command announced Sunday that the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group had made its way into the Caribbean Sea, with 4,000 sailors and "dozens" of ...

United States is sending its most advanced aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, to the Middle East in a major show of force aimed at increasing pressure on Iran. The move comes as President Donald Trump accelerates a sweeping military buildup across the region,

The US Navy’s newest supercarrier was built to send a “100,000-ton message” to rivals. This winter, USS Gerald R. Ford is finally delivering that signal in real time, from the Caribbean to Europe, even as Navy leaders question how often they should lean on such massive ships in a crisis.