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US aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford returns to Middle East waters

Apr 17, 2026, 22:31 GMT+1

The USS Gerald R. Ford returned to the Middle East region, according to two US defense officials cited by the Associated Press on Friday.

The carrier, which recently been operating in the eastern Mediterranean, transited the Suez Canal along with two destroyers - USS Mahan and USS Winston S. Churchill - and is now in the Red Sea.

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