Pentagon Deploying Aircraft Carrier To Caribbean

Flight operations on the USS Gerald Ford during an April 2025 exercise. Brian Everstine/ AW&ST

Flight operations on the USS Gerald Ford during an April exercise.

Credit: Brian Everstine/ AW&ST
The Pentagon is sending its newest aircraft carrier along with its embarked air wing and a group of support ships to the Caribbean in a dramatic increase of assets deployed to the region. The announcement comes on the same day that the Pentagon announced its tenth strike on a boat in the region that...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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