US to Deploy More Bombers, Fighter Jets to Middle East as Carrier Strike Group Departs

Published on November 2, 2024

The United States will deploy more bombers, fighter jets and warships to the Middle East in a bid to enhance its military posture as a carrier strike group prepares to depart, the Pentagon said on Friday. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered the deployment of ballistic missile defense destroyers, fighter squadron and tanker aircraft, and several B-52 long-range strike bombers to the region, Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said in a statement. Ryder said that these additional forces are expected to arrive in the coming months as the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group departs the region....

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