Ford wraps record-long deployment, heads home to Virginia
TL;DR
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, ends a record-setting deployment of over 300 days that included operations in the Middle East and a mission linked to the capture of Nicolás Maduro, and is set to return to Virginia in mid-May, with officials noting readiness and maintenance tradeoffs amid a prior onboard fire that required repairs.
- World’s largest aircraft carrier to return to US after record deployment The Guardian
- U.S. aircraft carrier to leave Mideast, reducing military might amid Iran war The Washington Post
- U.S. official hints USS Gerald R. Ford to return from longest post-Cold War deployment “in a few days” WAVY.com
- US to pull back one of three aircraft carriers in Middle East — report TRT World
- Live Updates: U.S. aircraft carrier in Iran war expected to leave Middle East with conflict's estimated cost at $25 billion CBS News
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