The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has again entered the waters of the Middle East. Reporter Bernie Bennett has details. [CutID: <Cuts> USS FORD-RED SEA-bennett-v-SATam.mp3 Time: 25s Title: USS FORD-RED SEA-bennett-v-SATam Out-cue: “soc”] VERBATIM: The Ford, which until recently was operating in the Eastern Mediterranean, transited the Suez Canal, along with […]
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U.S.S. Gerald Ford Returns to Gulf Region
The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has again entered the waters of the Middle East. Reporter Bernie Bennett has details.
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VERBATIM: The Ford, which until recently was operating in the Eastern Mediterranean, transited the Suez Canal, along with a pair of destroyers, the USS Mahan and the USS Winston S. Churchill, and is now operating in the Red Sea, according to a defense official.
The Ford’s arrival makes it the second aircraft carrier in the region in addition to the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea. The USS George H. W. Bush is also heading toward the region and is currently off the coast of S. Africa.
Bernie Bennett reporting.