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Japan on Monday issued an update on China's operational aircraft carriers—the Liaoning and Shandong—deployed simultaneously to the Western Pacific.
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
With 40,000 troops in the Middle East, the Pentagon has been bracing for a counterattack by sending an additional aircraft carrier strike group to the region and bolstering air defenses to protect troops in recent weeks following Israel’s ongoing attacks on Iran.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 24 June 2025
The Navy had over 4 million personnel, nearly 1,200 combat ships including 99 aircraft carriers: 24 of these were Essex class.
—Carl Burdette, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2025
The Nimitz is set to take over from the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier, currently in the Arabian Sea to provide security for U.S. forces near the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, but the two vessels will likely overlap for several days.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 20 June 2025
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
With 40,000 troops in the Middle East, the Pentagon has been bracing for a counterattack by sending an additional aircraft carrier strike group to the region and bolstering air defenses to protect troops in recent weeks following Israel’s ongoing attacks on Iran.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 24 June 2025
The Navy had over 4 million personnel, nearly 1,200 combat ships including 99 aircraft carriers: 24 of these were Essex class.
—Carl Burdette, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2025
The Nimitz is set to take over from the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier, currently in the Arabian Sea to provide security for U.S. forces near the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, but the two vessels will likely overlap for several days.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 20 June 2025
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“Aircraft carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aircraft%20carrier. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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