The U.S. was already planning to deploy the carrier Gerald R. Ford when U.S. warplanes bombed three Iranian sites early Sunday to support Israel’s goals.
Taking off from the U.S. heartland, B-2 stealth bombers, aided by refueling tankers and fighter jets, delivered a total of 420,000 pounds of explosives.
When the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group gets underway this year, 1,600 sailors will embark on the largest volunteer study of crew fatigue to date.