The US aircraft carrier Eisenhower entered the Gulf waters

The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier movement continues.

US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that the ship passed through the Strait of Hormuz and entered the Arabian Gulf.

It entered the waters of the Persian Gulf

In its statement, US Central Command used the following phrases:

On 26 November, the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKECSG) continues to support the US Central Command’s strike group missions. It completed its passage through the Strait of Hormuz to enter the waters of the Arabian Gulf.

He stated that the IKECSG will patrol the strategic region in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula.

The ship arrives in the eastern Mediterranean

US Central Command announced that the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower was sent to the eastern Mediterranean on the orders of US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

He stated that the ship would join the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, which had previously headed to the region.

Naval support for Israel

In his statement regarding the order he issued, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the following:

I have instructed USS Dwight D. Eisenhower to begin moving into the Eastern Mediterranean.

As part of our efforts to deter hostilities against Israel and efforts to expand that war following the Hamas attack on Israel, the guided-missile cruisers USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), USS Gravely (DDG 107), and USS Mason (DDG 87) are part of the strike group. Guided missile destroyers and nine aircraft squadrons, as well as the carrier’s air wing 3 and headquarters personnel.

Don’t let it go unnoticed

The US aircraft carrier Eisenhower will be deployed in the Persian Gulf, south of Iran

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